tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post2990866790499121247..comments2024-02-17T21:40:24.532-07:00Comments on Carol's Corner: POEM #7- SEWING LESSONCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-36277983169058806012013-04-07T22:18:55.051-06:002013-04-07T22:18:55.051-06:00Carol, I wrote quite a lot in response to your poe...Carol, I wrote quite a lot in response to your poem over at Mary Lee's blog-forgetting that I wasn't here! It's wonderful & brought back many of my own memories of sewing with my mother and grandmother and Aunt Barb (of the snake story). You're writing some great poems with Mary Lee's media!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-40713003104319182892013-04-07T21:27:04.554-06:002013-04-07T21:27:04.554-06:00I remember looking at those books and wishing that...I remember looking at those books and wishing that my things looked as fabulous. They never seemed to. I definitely didn't inherit the sewing gene, but should dig out my machine...maybe it could be useful!<br /><br />Shannon<br /><a href="theothersideoftheequation.com" rel="nofollow">The Other Side of the Equation</a>Shannon Mashinchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525911030449727900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-74084147502546892412013-04-07T18:47:12.227-06:002013-04-07T18:47:12.227-06:00I so agreee with Cathy. Your poems are amazing sto...I so agreee with Cathy. Your poems are amazing stories in verse! I love them<br />It made me laugh tho to remember my own sewing mishaps. I ended up cutting a whole in a blouse I was working on for school. I cried and cried - my momn ended up remaking it. My aunt nd her duaghter both had the sewing gene - my mom and I lacked them.Beverley Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973073253078139054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-55735611989151244122013-04-07T17:18:10.292-06:002013-04-07T17:18:10.292-06:00Oh, yes! The pattern books! We also shopped lots f...Oh, yes! The pattern books! We also shopped lots from the Sears, Penny's and Montgomery Wards catalogs, so I grew up almost exclusively with clothes that NEVER made me look like the model.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-77452903260736895742013-04-07T14:55:00.934-06:002013-04-07T14:55:00.934-06:00Carol,
I think I remember someone telling me that...Carol, <br />I think I remember someone telling me that she couldn't write poetry, however I can't imagine it was you. Your poems are a-maz-ing!! I love stopping by to see what you've added to the wiki conversation. Like you, sewing memories take me to my grandma. She used to make my dresses when I was little. I loved them. <br /><br />Personally, I can hardly sew a button. When I was in college I had to make pillows for an ed art class. I went to Grandma's and she patiently helped me to sew the pillows. It was a delightful afternoon. She made it seem so easy. Now I'm crying along with you and Mary Lee as I remember that day.<br /><br />Anyway, I digress. The story you told through this poem is beautiful. You are able to develop a rhythm in your free verse lines that makes the words dance across the page. I love your language: willowy, exhorts, commandeers, swirling. <br /><br />You made me laugh as you got a lot of practice with seem ripper and the final product of your work. I'm sure it looked better than you remember. We're always hardest on ourselves. <br /><br />I have to think there might be a poem there about the dining room table as well --- and more about Grandma Grace (just her name is poetic). <br /><br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.com