"woodworker" poems
under the table
where the wood shavings grow
where I eat my cold meals
on the cold cobbled stone
under the table
where the knowledge flows down
from callous-studded hands
to the human-shaped Noun
under the table
where no one can see
who carves the cabinets
who'd know that it's me
under the table
where the years pass me by
where I wait for that one day
the woodworker dies
the woodworker dies
the woodworker dies
THE WOODWORKER DIES
Oct 12, 2017
Oct 12, 2017 at 5:08 PM UTC
1. Basket of resource books and herbs is in the car.
2. Basket of sewing tools and knitting needles is packed with an item or two to stitch.
3. One cast iron *** is ready to go. Two more in the process of burning off and seasoning.
4. Linen caps and kerchiefs are starched. Clothes are laid out.
5. Pack basket is full of pottery and utensils. Need to ask the woodworker if he will make me a lid and dasher for the butrer churn.
6. Copper kettle is filled with a bag of seasoned walnuts and two tin skilkets.
7. Still working on ingredients for the larder. Storing them in period appropriate containers is a puzzle.
8. Spinning wheel is excited for the new adventure. She said bring plenty of roving.
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 8:48 PM UTC
She never allowed herself to be as fragile as glass,
Until he lit her soul like lightening on sand, with a fiery crash.
Perfectly imperfect as perfect gets,
Like a cat in your lap, the heart is where she sits.
Her touch is like thunder and it rattles your bones,
Feeling like a little kid, it's 95' again and I'm watching the flintstones
As hard to read as a book in the night,
But in her presence, no wind is needed to fly the kite.
If there's one thing over all, her intelligence is key,
Because it opens up the door to display all of her beauty.
The stars in the darkness and how they seem to hold up the sky,
Or a baby bird that jumps and hasn't learned how to fly.
Sometimes life tries to show us all we need is a little faith,
And it can sculpt us into something beautiful,
Like a woodworker uses his lathe.
Sep 5, 2015
Sep 5, 2015 at 10:36 AM UTC