Crocheting
Each poem in this sequence was inspired by the name of a crochet pattern. First published in Presence #57, March 2017, page 47. Originally written 10–23 November 2002. Also see “Star Wheel” and my microchapbook Star Wheel (Origami Poems Project, 2020).
wedding table
a disposable camera
by the couple’s name
*
summer garden—
dad’s old hoe
saved for kindling
*
dawn of the day—
red leaves blow off
the kitchen skylight
*
she tells me
I’m her heart’s desire . . .
budding blossoms
*
daisy chain—
the fourth grader adds a link
to the teacher’s
*
a calm sea—
she points out
her magic star
*
unmowed field—
prairie flowers
mark the end zone
*
April morning—
the smell of fresh paint
through a bedroom window
