Tagged: embroidery
pine, bamboo, plum trees,
pine, bamboo, plum trees,
cranes, and turtles – symbols of
longevity, luck,
fortune, and vitality – an
embroidered suit of armor
.
20230118:1925
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old man winter expertly
old man winter expertly
embroiders entire
cities, gliding
through their
fabrics without
a hitch, as if he
were always
waiting, a pack
of needles in tow,
sharp points,
wide eyes
.
20150206:0853
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on your birthday –
on your birthday –
a cup of tea
to steep
our predictions,
contain our
luck while we
are lucky enough
to grasp it,
embroider yet
unrecognizable
stories, the tea
leaves in
our tapestry
.
20140703:0941
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with a little room,
with a little room,
perspectives are
dangling threads
to be pulled at,
resewn
.
20140115:0840
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when the world
when the world
shrinks, disparity
is a loosened
gown, suddenly
discovering
embroideries
harboring
so much
resentment
.
20130420:1613
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the year of the dragon finds us
the year of the dragon finds us
half in and half out,
suspended
on the whim of a second
sun, another moon,
and embroidered within
their cosmic
sleeves,
another timeline
.
20120123:0823
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after a time, memory
after a time, memory
becomes
an embroidered
thing,
and your smile
a loose thread
to be idly
pulled at
or gingerly tucked in
.
20100902:0750
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even without doing
even without doing
a single thing
differently, i am
not imagining that these
lines are deepening –
as if i am each day’s
drill held in, an
afternoon’s winding
thread lingering
over her embroidery,
the sunset’s lovesick
shadow, still tracing
each withering horizon
.
20100130:2313
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