My farourite 'knitting' line is a John Lennon put-down in the film A Hard Day's Night when the fusspot studio floor assistant comes on in a big outsize woolly sweater. George says his mother knitted it, and sardonic John says, She knitted him! Then straight into, 'If I trust in you, oh please.... The fabulous knitting brothers from Liverpool! Yeah yeah yeah!
KNITTING
Will you come to my Fair Isle country
and knit me a jumper
will you leave a wool trail for me
to follow in the green summer?
Unravel the tension, dear,
of old patterns and knitted brows;
through long winter nights, we'll be
warm as a tea cosy in our little house.
hey there
I saw your name on anothers person's site you reviewed, and thought wow, I have not read his poetry for ages........your not posting anymore?????.........
anyway
I popped over to say hello and found this delightful knit of a write
adorable,
gave me a smile
take care
pax Anita
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on March 15, 2004
Absolutely LOVE this poem, everything about it. So lighthearted and warm yet very poignant.
Reviewed by ya mama (Reader)
Reviewed on March 12, 2004
this is a great poem. all this knittting made me warm.
Your stuff almost makes me laugh out loud, Joe! This is SO cute! Hope you're not still talking about your mother, though?! No childhood umbilical that needs disconnecting somewhere?! Only jokin! This has a wonderful "Wallace and Grommit"-type touch; Grommit upstairs in the flat, winding his ball of wool which happens to have Wallace's ever-shrinking jumper attached to the other end of it! Fabulous Friday Feel to this one, Pal! Lovin it KB
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This one is unique and I enjoyed the wordplay on "knit."
I saw your name on anothers person's site you reviewed, and thought wow, I have not read his poetry for ages........your not posting anymore?????.........
anyway
I popped over to say hello and found this delightful knit of a write
adorable,
gave me a smile
take care
pax Anita