Sock It To Me Dreamin

Variegated yarn slides
and loops through my digits,
shifts from sunset hues to earthen curlicues.
Tension knots the forward carried yarn
like tales of old
in a “Sock it to me!” movie.

Serpentine needles circular as the sylvan sunset
kiss 	to form  	dance to born,
hues of orange and puce
on daring pairs of
socks for winter clogs.

Variegated angora wool seams
loop over pointer 	and linger under
ring fingers 	caught on the calloused
edges of sorely worn flesh.
Colors dimming to shades of gray 
softly singing cotton halleluiahs.

“Sock it to me!” in a Goldie Hawn dream.
Click	click	the tips kiss 	pointed tongues
of steel	stealing 	over bamboo yarns…
of jungles and fierce tiger yellow
onward knit the form
of summers socks born.

poet: Debbie Guzzi
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
June 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Congratulations on your win in the "Anything Homemade"contest Debbie. Love, Carol
Dietrich Avatar
June 7, 2011 at 7:45 PM
wow, pure delight of free verse and imagey here. How cool to weave into this Goldie Hawn and her Sock it to me phrase! Congrats on a very well deserved win.
Phookan Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Loved the beautifully versed lines here Debbie, Congrats on your fabulous win in nette's contest with this awesome entry. love, gautami
Kendrick Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Creative work..Congrats..Sara
Osita Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Congrats on your 3rd place win in nette's contest*cheers*
Sweetheart Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Congrats Debbie on your dynamic win in Nette's contest with this fantastic creation in poetry luv..
Mehta Avatar
June 6, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Congratulations on the win in the contest of nette, Debbie
Richards Avatar
June 2, 2011 at 8:16 AM
Thanks Deb, for the kick on the behind....I had my monoku sooo wrong...I needed to be reminded of the true form, and have revised! Thanks! (yep...I was naughty naughty!)...oh, and I still love your enjoyable poem ...I had to read it again, it's better even the 2nd time!!! :)
Long Avatar
June 1, 2011 at 6:20 PM
breath taking very good .cory
Richards Avatar
June 1, 2011 at 6:05 PM
I just love the way your mind works!! Twisting that yarn into a song about knitting, and a dash of "Laugh In", and as colorful as a yarn could be !! Bravo!
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June 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM
awesome D.G.,,take care,..p.d.
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