Hopeless Buttons

Over at dVerse Poet’s Pub, Marina Sofia asked us to pull an inanimate object and an emotion out of a hat. The goal is to “write a poem about it, closely observing the humble object of your choice, whilst trying to convey the feeling you’re describing. Without using any abstract nouns (such as love, passion, jealousy etc.)”, to be more descriptive and concrete. This was my attempt at bravely stepping out of the “abstract” comfort zone.

 

Dust particles play
In sunbeams over dressers
Illuminating perfectly round
Accessories so necessary
For wardrobe function
Swirling marble tones
Vintage and four holed
Waiting for the needle
To sew in rhythmic fashion
With warm hands and purpose

Evening shadows stretch
Not reaching or embracing
Matching miniature moons
Left for days, for years
Identity lost in tangled threads
They will not make it to the shirt
Soft, flannel treasure
Long forgotten and tucked away
Until time and dust
Make camouflage of good intentions

~

http://dversepoets.com/2014/11/18/poetics-make-the-abstract-concrete/

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