Best Sews Poems

Grandmother sits in her rocking chair 
nearly as old as she 
ragged patches of scrap spread across her lap. 

She tells stories from her eighty years of senescence, 
of faces now aged, some no longer bound by this earth 
as though they were still enjoying...

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Grandma Sews

Some yarn, a bit of ribbon, 
a flour sack, and loads of love... 
these are the materials
that made the dress I wore
the day I came to live, 
with Ma, and Pa. 

A driver took father, 
and mother, 
away. 
The sad man drank too much,...

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She sews for the neighbors
She sews for us three
She sews for her children
She sews for me

We are in awe, for she makes beautiful things
We are amazed at her talent, and the happiness she brings.
She sews at night, in the morning and noon sometimes.
We love her...

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