SAINT JULIAN PRESS
Kara Briggs ~ Poet
Weaving with my Grandmothers
my hands fly around a wooden loom, wrapping dyed yarn for warp
my teacher says you’ve done this before, I answer no
my teacher admires the movement of my hands, the tightness of fiber
to wood I say I must have seen this on TV, my teacher says no
my hands take the weft, alternating hands and yarns, one white, one
red my teacher calls this weaving with both hands flying
each hand with its own ball of yarn
my teacher calls this butterfly wings
I say the only butterflies are in my stomach, my teacher says no
weft rounds warp
pull tight, my teacher says, your grandmother
must have been a weaver
I say no, my grandmother, a nurse, didn’t have the time
my teacher says all our grandmothers’ hands move in ours
I stop weaving, I say yes, a grandmother of mine was a weaver
my teacher says this is how we remember
yarn, hands, motion
my hands fly around a wooden loom, wrapping dyed yarn for warp
my teacher says you’ve done this before, I answer no
my teacher admires the movement of my hands, the tightness of fiber
to wood I say I must have seen this on TV, my teacher says no
my hands take the weft, alternating hands and yarns, one white, one
red my teacher calls this weaving with both hands flying
each hand with its own ball of yarn
my teacher calls this butterfly wings
I say the only butterflies are in my stomach, my teacher says no
weft rounds warp
pull tight, my teacher says, your grandmother
must have been a weaver
I say no, my grandmother, a nurse, didn’t have the time
my teacher says all our grandmothers’ hands move in ours
I stop weaving, I say yes, a grandmother of mine was a weaver
my teacher says this is how we remember
yarn, hands, motion
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Publication Date: September 12, 2024
Paperback: $18.00 Publisher: Saint Julian Press, Inc. Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-955194-35-8 eBook EPUB ISBN-13: 978-1-955194-36-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2024939387 Paperback: 92 Pages For a PDF Advance Copy, contact Ron Starbuck or Kara Briggs. |
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