My mother liked to do needlework.
With skillful stitches she embroidered
bright human figures, red watermelons,
and brown trunked trees
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Loved reading it. It's so heart touching without any sentimentality. You convey strong emotions in an understated style. Sheer elegance!
Mother's handycraft is comparable to beautiful nature; nice to read you poetic memory
What a lovely poem x My late Aunt also loved doing the same type of needlework in her younger days, it made me think of her x Thank you for sharing. Five stars*
What a moving and honored poem. I wonder if you hated her creativity when you were younger; and yet, now, miss it so dearly.