Best Sewing Machine Poems

Sewing machine, long idle, gathers dust
Its graceful frame a filigree of rust
Needle, naked pointing to its resting place
A symbol of the toll all life will take

Sunshine streams surreal through silent space
Past the broken stone that was a window case
Beams of sunlight scatter wildly in their...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
in Grandma's loft I found, the week after we
laid her to rest next to her slain husband.
He was only twenty four yet a squadron leader
when his spitfire was shot down over France.
Mother was only three at the time and my...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
Old, as mama told, worn, left here to rust
I slowly examined the antique piece
Candle flame flickered, anxiety increased

Nothing odd on top or with pedal gears
Was mama bat crazy all these years?
Story after story and death bed request
I wanted to put...

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A manual sewing machine
Strenuous but beneficial
It sews dresses
Two edges meet 
And being stitched together
Passion and reunion in life too
Two hearts meet and stay together
It  mends dresses
A hole in life must be patched too
Life isn't easy
Deficiency to be filled
Scars to be healed
Pains to be reduced
Misunderstanding...

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Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust 
Time to fix, needles gone, must have bust 
Last to use, mama's hand 
Peddles low, set on stand
 
Thread on bobbin, red, white and blue 
Dried up tube of Elmer's glue 
On the side a wrinkled shirt
Filled in holes,...

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The daughter of a professional seamstress, I am a tactile learner,
I have to feel the possible fabric to make a decision.
If it is rough like linen or denim, I am not a fan.
I like flowing soft, pliable easy materials
Unless I am trying to sew them...

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I have pieces of sewing machines all over my house.
Most of the pieces are there, but not all of them,
Of course I do not discover this until I want to use them.
One is missing the front dial,
Another is missing the thing that holds the bobbin...

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