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Poem: Two Sewing

1/3/2018

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Picture
Berthe Morisot    Pasie Sewing in the Garden   oil on canvas   1882
Two Sewing
by Hazel Hall

The wind is sewing with needles of rain.
With shining needles of rain
It stitches into the thin
Cloth of earth. In,
In, in, in.
Oh the wind has often sewed with me.
One, two, three.

Spring must have fine things
To wear like other springs.
Of silken green the grass must be
Embroidered.  One and two and three.
Then every crocus must be made
So subtly as to seem afraid
Of lifting color from the ground;
And after crocuses the round
Heads of tulips, and all the fair
Intricate garb that Spring will wear.
The wind must sew with needles of rain,
With shining needles of rain,
Stitching into the thin
Cloth of earth, in,
In, in, in,
For all the springs of futurity.
One, two, three​.
2 Comments
Pam
1/7/2018 02:18:52 pm

Happy New Year!

What a lovely poem to begin 2018. Love the accompanying artwork as well. Poem is very appropriate right now as we're about to get pummeled with rain for the next 24 hours. Hope you're staying warm. Much peace and joy to you in the coming year.

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Mrs Rat
1/8/2018 03:37:35 pm

Thanks, Pam! Happy new year to you too! We just had rain and snow on Saturday and are due for another snow storm tomorrow. The Berthe Morisot painting makes me hope that Spring will come some day,

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