Best Fabric Poems

With melancholic fortitude
   I suffer Summer's threadbare wane
 Though just a stitch of Autumn's gown
Shows through these tepid, shorter days
      The weave of sultry memories
   Drapes warm nostalgia on my heart
     I'll...

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When gay meant happy and kwier meant odd
  You didn't swear in public, right in front of God
You wore a suit to the World Series, a hat to work
  If your team won, you didn't loot or go berserk

You cheered the President, shook...

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threads of happy children can weave our world – a tapestry of smiles...

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Our lifetime is a living fabric that we all adorn 
Experiences and interactions vary with all seasons
The threads filled with promises we've all sworn
Outfitted with various triumphs and treasons
Full of knowledge, it becomes tattered and torn
Yet filled with strength for unimaginable reasons
In the end, it...

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Gossamer, gently cool,
brushed against flushed hot face,
like water pooled in desert land;
softness kneaded with much
glad wearing, not unlike
the feel of mother's wrinkled hand.


November 9, 2017
Knit Your Fabric Contest
Sponsor, Nette Onclaud 
Verse Form...

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Born in their meadows and

 bread for the masses -  to
      
culture exploited, a suture



        ‘livery of freedom’

   he spun on the wheel ~ I

canvas my flag,   and...

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Two patterns of fabric weaved together
Interlocking and Interlaced
Joined in union as one piece of cloth
Complete in color, texture, and functionality

These two fabrics were joyful and complete
Holding onto one another with bonds tight and strong

"What would I ever do without you?" One said to the other....

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The long, motionless hours of night;
a nod, a blink or deep breath away from
a new day's noise and bustle.
Modern life, soon enough, will secure
its grip on each of us.
Many prefer the reticent solitude offered
in darkness. Never more than visitors there,
we still yearn for the placid...

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 Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
Polished now in the  hallway, my  fond antique
Recalling Grandaunt’s delicate craftwork--
Each pattern of fabric threaded  with zest,
As her hands would bounce around pinpoint needles,
Weaving an array of doilies  rugs   garments
Intently absorbed  in...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
Its turn-of-the-century frame clad in rust

Sitting in the old attic’s dim lighting
It revived memories uninviting

Her dauntless spirit still seemed to be there
Helen, hard at work in her wicker chair

The bobbin spun as she pressed the treadle
To mend her husband’s Civil...

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Curled up in a comfy chair,
a shoe box filled with years
of captured memories in her lap;
memories of motherhood - so bitter sweet.
Her smile turns down -
the wet of her sadness drips from her face.
The chair gives her no comfort
for the paper images in the box...

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Fabric contained
The old remnants of World War 11
Blood soaked the fields
As responders pushed to get through
Lifting bodies dead or alive  
Rejoicing for those who survive 
Fabrics of Flesh

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Judy Konos
Weave A Rondelet contest...

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Latex so tight.
Brings me back to my younger days.
Latex so tight.
Flashes of pleasure in the night.
How I love thee lets count the ways.
To the inventor, I give praise.
Latex so tight.


**By Chris Matt for “Weave A Rondelet” Contest***...

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Freed from docile beast's corpse,
its death gifted me life:
laud humble bovine's offering.
I am immutable,
seamless, supple, stylish...
and together we rock that look!

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11 November 2017

Inspired by (but not entered in) the "Knit Your Fabric" contest, sponsored by Nette Onclaud....

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"Umpteen little moments of all living creatures are knitted together to weave the vivid fabric called 'Life' " ~ by poet. 

The first wee sprout springing up from a seed
Bright sparkling baby eyes so fresh and pure
A wobbly calf standing first time for feed
Cute ducklings...

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