He brought to her sheep from
the hills up yonder,
for her to spin yarn
for his coat of wonder.
She sat at the spinning wheel
singing with spindle,
woolen-spun yarn wound in
love and sun's shimmer.
And soft on his skin from
her spinning wheel's splendor,
the cloth of her love
spun from pureness
to grandeur.
Back to the rambling hills
songs rang with whistle,
woolen-clad lad dressed in
love and sun's shimmer.
In a list
A contest entry
- The things some people do in London by cricketjeff.
750 points, ended May 27, 2008, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Very beautiful poem, I love the way you go into detail about the spinning wheel that you make yarn with. It so nice to be able to make things. A pleasure to read.
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Sigh... so lovely and well thought out... Sweetly said, good poet, all lines leading to a smile.
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Congratulations on the bronze trophy, a beautiful poem...Sue
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This is gorgeous, but doesn't really explain why he has the sheep in the middle of London for me, so just misses out. Greatly enjoyed reading it.
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Oh?
But don't you know, Poet, in London she resides, and he brought to her sheep 'fore cold winter arrives!
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If she lives in Paternoster Square it will indeed be a cold winter, the benches are stone!
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Thank you for my Bronzie ...
if the benches are stone
she may sit all alone
what about a soft recliner
inside a tower of regal power?
I am off to do my sheep work: gathering wool!
Love
Myra
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you have spun this quite beautifully! a gorgeous write! it speaks deep and true to love of all things possible. quite simple but very genuine. I love it!!
many blessings. *stomps
m.
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This is beautiful. Once upon a time a man would have brought sheep to his love and she would have spun him beautiful material. This poem hearkens back to that more gentle time when courting was in fashion and the quality of a person was evident in the fruits of their labor. This is excellent. Good luck in the contest.
Garrison
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A beautiful love story, well expressed, and make wool and sheep sound noble.
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lovely poem of the medieval crafts, nowadays most people in london spend there time drinking xx good luck dear lady ,
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