Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Threads



I’m not fond
of needles,

or needling
in general,

especially when
I’ve lain
on a bed of them.

So I will stick

to the kind
like pine, and

like space, ever
reaching skyward—

to thread
my life

with the hope
that never fails

to call my name.


© 2016 Jennifer Wagner


Space Needle Image © 2016 Jennifer Wagner


13 comments:

  1. without hope we're done. this is beautiful, as well as the verse you reference and I return your words...I needed this today.

    Hugs:)

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  2. This just rolled out like a lovely apple down a hillside. This is beautiful.

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  3. Lovely! We were there two years ago and we loved it.

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  4. Oh, the images that pour out of your heart... They make me sigh at their beauty.

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  5. Great work Jen_!
    "to thread my life, with hope that never fails
    to call my name"

    __Hope calls each day, but life's pouch can wear.

    stitch on stitch
    that darns my pouch of life
    a days needle

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  6. Lovely poem, especially "to thread my life with the hope that never fails"

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  7. A lovely piece - with a delightful wisp of humor.

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  8. Really lovely Jennifer! One to read and read again

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  9. Lovely poem
    I love how you out the words together

    www.jbshares.com

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  10. Lovely poem and pic

    http://inthebothv.blogspot.ae/?m=1

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  11. I admire the reaching for skyward, despite the needles of life ~

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  12. with 4 boys, I'm guessing a fair amount of needling happens in your house... ~

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Thank you for your thoughts!