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J

weaver

silk wool sari thread
blind mares' mane
egret feather magpie song currawong
dazzled- close your eyes -
still weaving

ships' rope jute golden baling twine
mud damp reeds scented dried
warp and weft weft and warp

single ribbon snake skin slides
unanchored

by the loom

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Knocked this poem up following a conversation with a friend about lives - the weaving of others into our own internal framework

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: NSW

Favorite Poets: Sylvia Plath, Louis McNeice, John Masefield, Charles Causley, Housman, Carmina Gadelica, Mediaval Latin Lyrics, Haiku - especially Issa, poetry from An Tuil (Gaelic), some Frost, Yeats, etc etc

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Roscoe Lane

Roscoe Lane

7 years 1 month ago

I like,

I like this a lot, and can picture what your saying with words. Regards Roscoe... A heartfelt welcome to Neopoet,,

Sparrow

Sparrow

7 years 1 month ago

Jaspa

Just to read once, then again to fill in the in between the lines.
As if you are being lazy, but the picture was good, could be the weaver of life you are talking about but we still have to fill in the bits..
Welcome back to Neopoet, Stay with us a while I want to read your filling in poem.. Yours Ian .