Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Just a Notion

In my mind
stories unravel.
It's a messy business,
like a disorganized
sewing basket.
A hodgepodge of loose buttons,
Knotted threads,
A thimble from Gatlinburg,
A needle packet,
One lonely needle still stuck in place
His more adventurous brethren
scattered across the bottom of the basket,
fraternizing with straight pins.
A scrap of Velcro, hook-side only
matted with loose threads...
If only I could straighten it all,
make sense of it,
sew something
for Heaven's sake!
Instead, I sort through it,
frantically looking for
something that makes sense:
a new spool,
a carefully-rolled measuring tape,
a sharp pair of scissors...
hoping beyond hope
that a pattern will emerge.

7 comments:

  1. I love the imagery and metaphor of this poem! I, too, crave order and symmetry in my life :-)

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  2. I can really relate to your words. But I am also thinking about all the things we teach our writers in workshop about how writers zero in on ideas and plan for a piece. I think for me (and maybe you) it is the life clutter, that feeling that once everything is in order, I will be flowing with ideas and full of time and energy to write. Might be a dream (:

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  3. I can really relate to your words. But I am also thinking about all the things we teach our writers in workshop about how writers zero in on ideas and plan for a piece. I think for me (and maybe you) it is the life clutter, that feeling that once everything is in order, I will be flowing with ideas and full of time and energy to write. Might be a dream (:

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  4. I relate to this, too! I wish for order, but it seems to elude me. You have described the feelings that go with the disorder and clutter so well.

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  5. Love the way you stitched this together! Stories do unravel and they are messy because life is messy. Pull on a memory and see what story emerges. I am in awe of writers who can create such a cool metaphor.

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  6. Gorgeous! Wow, this is amazing. Love the word choice, the imagery, the message. Amazing.

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  7. What a lovely poem - love how you relate stories to a disorganized sewing basket. Such great imagery.

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