Needle Poems | Examples

a twilight sonnet

   Twilight tiptoes through curtained clover leaves
Cape starlings stanzaed thank mighty Lord
spindly legs shake on spritely evensong breeze
closing chirp reminding that day is just a chord 

What achievements marked chanting hours
manifesting with helio hands and heedful head
paper, pencil, thoughts danced about in bower
patterned sensations twirled needle and thread

A silent hymn I sit awaiting bright sickle moon
indwelling spirit dissolving wispy wanton wishes
blossoms lotus, liberates mind a special boon 
intentions iambic winking flimsy floral fetishes 

Moment to moment tasks tangent complete 
each twilight twins a masterful morrow sweet 
    
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On the Banks of Needle Brook

I would sit on the banks of needle brook
And dream of faraway lands 
To where I would go 
Nobody would know 
I would dance upon clouds 
And ride on the tails of comets 
I would swim in oceans deep
And ride on the backs of wild animals
I would swing on vines in deep jungles 
And skip on the tops of steep mountains 
But then I would come back and find my place on the banks of needle brook.

The Needle

wri
ting is
knitting
your       life
thro          ugh
a nee         dle
and           if
you   sew
emotion
secret
you’ll
get
nu
dg
ed
a
w
e
e
n
s
y

Writing is knitting through the needle if you sew emotion, secret, you'll get nudged a weensy

The Needle Barely Moves

       Man weds cockroach in church ceremony  
        Guests munch on freshly grilled abalone

      Pastor upholds his sworn duty
        Lectures bride and groom on infidelity

      Barely two months into marriage
        Tiny baby cockroach appears in a carriage

      Headlines shout out the bad news  
         Seems Mrs. Cockroach was groped and abused

      Minister contacted Planned Parenthood
         Lacking precedent, post-full-term abortion approved

Needle Thrill

Step all over your footsteps of past
throw away your tear wet napkin
slowly cut your wrists than touch your lips
as if death can't come soon enough
call all your selfish ideas, pick one
hopefully one will end you forever.

Stand still sudden feel of needle thrill 
high and free you live the dream 
that smell won't leave my clothes 
in this afterworld I'm awake and cold
now I know I will never grow old.

Needle Talk

on hidden tracks
silence -
“listen closer”

eye of the needle

rebuke paradise
wealth and good deeds aside ~
eye of the needle

ETERNAL NEEDLE TO TREAD-

Before the dawning of this world age
My Father spoke, exchanging premise I was in Him needle to tread

In the grace, His space
A line define energies graft through the tunnel in womb needle to tread
~

I come, I came through too needle to tread, I bled
Awaken fully physically dead yet I live eternal needle to tread


8/30/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©

Seamstress

I whispered goodbye with my forehead pressed against the pane.


My breath fogged my words as I watched you walk from my thoughts.


The loneliness is longer this time. 


My side seems so bare now that the threads are undone. 


I should find my sewing box.

The needle trick

Put a nickel on the needle
Hold me down so I won't skip
Spin the red top round and round
Catch me before I hit the ground
You sunk my battleship 
You knocked my block off
You catch me quite off guard
Should you ever breathe my way
You'll wreck my house of cards.

©SamHarty

A needle more than scissors

There once was a noble man, a tailor, 
A great soul disguised in a routine role, 
In sea of humdrum life, a skilled sailor 
In search of a hallowed path of plain goal. 
A king when came to him, homage to pay, 
Gifted a pair of scissors made of gold 
That left the sage ponder, if somewhat cold, 
Declining the award, no more to say. 

What else may I O Great Sage, asked the king, 
Give if ye must, give a needle that stitch, 
Scissors tend to diminish, dividing, 
Needles bond, strive togetherness so rich, 
  Bring broken hearts back as ere to abide, 
  Not scissors, let needles be a man’s guide. 
__________________________________________ 
 Sonnet (Reflections | 03.05.2008, revised Jan 2024|

Drop the Needle On the Record Baby Head and Heels Deep In Love

Drop the Needle on the Record

And that sweet soul music blast

" Baby "
Sorry
" Grandad "

A relic now from a previous age

And when you do and it begins

Listen very carefully to whence it starts

To that beautiful cracking sound it makes

And just sit back relax

As it slowly takes and makes you
drift further back and back in time

And in doing so triggers fresh new
memories you though you lost and
who you had left behind

And makes you feel both happy and
youthful once again

Maybe reminding you of your first love
very first dance

Who they were and where you met them

And what it felt like once upon a time
to be young and fall in love for the very
first time 

You choose as the song to dance with
your wife at your wedding

The very same cracking noise that
enters and plays out in your head

Which you are left with on repeat and
tenders your mouth dry and speechless

When you are truly dumbstruck in
the presence of someone you not
only just like

But probably have already fallen head
over heels and deeply in love with

Affectionate Needle and Thread

On the bottom of a swiftly flowing riverbed
Emotions are being polished, in rocks stead
More than can be imagined in anyones head
Joyfully, our two hearts stories are being read
Tangled and entwined, us in this watershed
Sewn, we are by affectionate needle & thread
Eyes locked in conversation, no words ever said
I long for every moment as we cuddle in this bed

Needle In the Vein

Where do you go when you leave here
Do you escape to that familiar haven in your brain
One of no more suffering 
One of no more pain

No memory of where you have been in the real world
Or of things you may have done
There is blood on your clothes
Oblivious to whether you have hurt someone

Empty black spaces in your mind
What has occurred you are unsure
Another needle into already collapsed thin veins
So escape is once again assured

Needlework Footles

Backstitch

scratch mine
scratch thine

Straight Stitch

boring
snoring

French Knot

pie-eyed
tongue tied

Satin Stitch

glossy
bossy

Feather Stitch

ruffled
plumage

Slip Stitch

escape
artist

Fly Stitch

Help me!
Help me!

Couching Stitch

stick in
the mud

Blanket Stitch

under
cover

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