Mama Hiku
down on the floor
hands and feet would lift me ~
i was a plane
blew up balloons
she made me animals ~
i was dazzled
taught me stitches
loved skilled embroidery ~
i was craft sown
drew paper dolls
sketched with clothes to cut out ~
i was prized fun
read tales aloud
fueled my fantasies ~
i was book hooked
spent time with me
shared skills and joys with
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Categories:
embroidery, appreciation, books, child, feelings,
Form: Haiku
Embroidery Thread
Embroidery thread comes in hundreds of hues
And searching the shelves it’s not easy to choose.
One purple’s too dark but the next one’s too light;
It’s hard to find one that is perfectly right.
Yet buying some extras just makes lots of sense
Since the thread isn’t close to a major expense;
So when I get some fabric to work
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Categories:
embroidery, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Embroidery his 2nd home
Yesterday, at Maker Space, I completed
Embroidering the image of your second home,
And you were sitting in there alone.
I also added embroidery of the poem,
Titled 2024.7.29, the first poem I posted
The one being featured on the Poetry Soup home page once.
I also included a popular poem in foreign language,
Which formed the lyrics of a movie's theme.
It
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Categories:
embroidery, appreciation, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Embroidery Cloth
Embroidery cloth
Expensive, fashionable
Takes hours to have one.
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Categories:
embroidery, art, creation, engagement, fashion,
Form: Haiku
Embroidery Arts
Embroidery arts
Precious heritage of prime
Blend style with time.
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Categories:
embroidery, age, art, fashion, time,
Form: Haiku
Beneath the evening's astral embroidery, the kiss was born timidly
Beneath the evening's astral embroidery, the kiss was born timidly,
A spark of hope, golden and gentle, in the fabric of the ephemeral.
A celestial arch, lips slowly bend towards the sea, aspiring to eternity,
And they withdraw serenely, to the measure of the waves, in a whisper of dance and twilight.
They gaze hidden, enveloped in coronas of
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Categories:
embroidery, future,
Form: Free verse
Beneath the evening's astral embroidery, a kiss blossomed shyly
Beneath the evening's astral embroidery, a kiss blossomed shyly,
A spark of hope, golden and gentle, in the fabric of the fleeting.
An arching celestial, lips gently incline towards the sea, aspiring to eternity,
And retreat serene, with the measure of the waves, in a whisper of dance and twilight.
They watch hidden, wrapped in crowns of smoke of
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Categories:
embroidery, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Charming Patterns
Silken thread
weaves charming patterns
of many colours
Cross stitch
needle in and out
Creating design of
pastoral harmony
When completed
and framed it will
hang on wall
for many years
Finally
finding its way
into thrift shop
With luck someone
who appreciates
vintage crafts
will happily take home
this humble offering
So, the journey begins.
Charming Patterns
Poetry Contest
Sponsored
by
Julia Ward
27/09/2021
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Categories:
embroidery, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
If I Were a Poet
If I were a poet
I would pour pieces
Of my heart on pages
Paint in crystalline clarity
The anguish of my ancestors
My poems would be embroidery
Tailoring the strives
of this generation
I would write aspiration
on the mountains of mama Liberia
That her children - yet unseen
Can see and maintain our dreams
If I were a poet
I would write the dead to
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Categories:
embroidery, africa, assonance, culture, deep,
Form: Free verse
Embroidery
Embroidery
It’s okay
To close your eyes
To fall asleep
To breath in deep
If inferno heat
Shall sway the wind
Or kill the flame
May it boldly show itself
A frog upon a log
Or a lily pad
An embroidered cushioning
A round , flat leaf
For the water lily
Lilac
Ivory
Lavender blooms
Water daises
Cupped hands
Receiving fruit
A mandala
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Categories:
embroidery, art, beautiful, deep, environment,
Form: Free verse
Embroidery of Vellum
EMBROIDERY OF VELLUM
A clean poem composed
Thee vellum virgin
Lace betrothed in length
Your satin train embraced
Thee embroidery in apple gold
Girdled in silver refined
And curvature of silhouette
Delicate with subtle design
6/25/2017
Lyric Poem
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver
proverbs 25:11 Bible ESV version
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Categories:
embroidery, beauty, words,
Form: Lyric
Categories:
embroidery, art, health, life,
Form: Haiku
Embroidery
She sat peacefully by the window
Gnarled brown hands creating magic
Every tiny stitch danced around in joy
The pastel blue and enchanting pink
Peeked from under her hands
The basket with its weaves and hues
Stood surrounded by tiny daises
She stitched love and care into each flower
Head bent life flowed from her hands
A garden filled with treasures
Night came, moonlight beamed
Hands
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Categories:
embroidery, art
Form: Free verse
Embroidery Piece
God tried to warn him many times
He got the handwriting on wall
Important for us really is
We need to recognize all
Life is like embroidery piece
Looking at the back side
Not so very drawing or neat
Just a jumble of threads
Turned over beauty_intricate
Design just started; done?
When just started partial picture
What will be when life's done
Our lives are being
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Categories:
embroidery, life
Form: Quatrain