Poetry Friday: Liberation

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Knots
Image by Vicki Becker from Pixabay 














Joined.
     Entwined.
               Twisted. 
       Snarled.
Tangled.

patience,
            slow breaths,
     steady hands,       
                      clear mind,
close look,
       gentle moves.

    disentangled: 
FREE.

© Cathy L. Mere, 2021





It's Poetry Friday!  Today’s roundup is hosted by Mary Lee Hahn at A(Nother) Year of Reading. Stop by to enjoy some poetry and/or leave a link. 


Comments

  1. Mary LeeNovember 5, 2021 at 3:55 PM

    I like how you used capitals and lower case to give feelings of tension and release! (Is this a poem about yarn, or retirement?)

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  2. tanita✿davisNovember 5, 2021 at 6:02 PM

    This poem makes me smile - and encourages me to look to my embroidery floss!

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  3. Linda BNovember 6, 2021 at 9:37 AM

    Freedom comes in many places. It's lovely to read your poem celebrating it.

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  4. SharonNovember 6, 2021 at 11:49 AM

    You hit it on the nail!!!

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  5. Heidi MordhorstNovember 7, 2021 at 5:40 AM

    Liking the stitchery theme this Poetry Friday--this fits!

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  6. KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.comNovember 7, 2021 at 5:50 AM

    In my first year of teaching, we stitched boarders around our Mother's Day cards. (24 Yr3 kids and me.) At one point I'd exclaimed, 'Gah! I don't want to see one more knot!'. There was a queue up of kids waiting for my assistance, and eventually I got to a blond curly-top, with big blue eye who asked, with some trepidation, 'Miss... Is this a knot?' I turned his card over and yelped. Truly. It was a HUGE knot! It was my breaking point. (Which I needed. Because we all laughed so much that afternoon - including my blue-eyed blondie.) It is one of my treasured teaching memories. And this poem just took me back.💙

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  7. RuthNovember 8, 2021 at 6:53 PM

    Lovely.

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