Appalachian Writers: Quilt

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Quilt

Little bits of cloth,
tattered treasures

Daddy's good shirt,
Granny's flour sack apron

Brother's blue jeans,
Sissy's Sunday best

My calico dress,
Mommy's yellow housecoat

I pull these memories around me

Faded and fragile,
frayed around the edge,
worn through here and there

Comfort on cool autumn eve

2 comments:

Granny Sue said...: This is a good piece, Deb. I like the lines "faded and fragile, frayed around the edge"--I can see that quilt as I read, and feel it's softness around me.

Thank you for posting it.; August 29, 2007 at 9:02 PM
Mike said...: This is one of those pieces that just kinda brings a smile up as you remember.

I know we prolly had a good dozen patchwork quilts around the house when I was growing up. It never struck me until I was grown and gone, that that was as close to some of my relatives as I would ever be. Pieces of clothing making up those quilts from my people, my blood; long dead before I was born.

Almost has a sacred air about it. An untold closeness to who you are and where you are from.; August 30, 2007 at 12:43 AM

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