Patricia at Reverie has us thinking a tad bit as to what we might include in a letter to Santa. It makes me think of that wonderful song, "Grown Up Christmas List" written by David Foster and Linda Thompson.
The last stanza is so, so fitting: No more lives torn apart That wars would never start And time would heal all hearts And everyone would have a friend And right would always win And love would never end, no This is my grown up Christmas list This is my only lifelong wish This is my grown up Christmas list
Last week, I shared Amy Losak's haiku in the later HSA Members' Anthology. Today I have a back story about my haiku which actually began as this poem for Laura Shovan's 2023 February Poetry Project. Her theme was story and this poem was a response to Marilyn R. Garcia sharing a photo of a family quilt and this prompt: Today let’s think about old objects that hold stories. What is the oldest object in your home? Why do you have it? How did you get it? Do you actually use it and how? Who will get it when you have crossed the rainbow bridge and why?
Great Grandmother’s Quilt My great grandmother’s quilt hangs in my bedroom Reminding me of the generational creative bonds Each fabric piece tells a story, threads stitching the collection together My great grandmother sewed perfect circles My drawn circles aren’t as perfect but she has a message My great grandmother’s quilt hangs in my bedroom For fun, she hid spectacles as embroidery on the quilt I still haven’t found them. I keep looking. Reminding me of the generational creative bonds Which fabrics were dresses, which were aprons I do my quilting with words and papers Each fabric piece tells a story, threads stitching the collection together © 2023, Jone Rush MacCulloch When the HSA Members' Anthology put the call for haiku for the theme, elements, the quilt came to mind . It was one of five haiku I submitted. Essentially I sent in a found haiku from the above poem. (PS. It is obvious that I sort of staged this quilt photo! LOL! This quilt was made in the 1800s.There is another single quilt square hanging there) You Made it to the Invitation!
It's 25 days until the new year! And that means time to start thinking of sending New Year Post Cards! Our little group is at 14 and we'd love for you to join us!
Send five, send ten or send to all? In Japan, it’s called Nengajo, a Japanese custom of ushering in the new year.How It Works:
12/8/2023 03:24:30 am
Thank you for the invitation to join you in the postcard exchange. Your mother's quilt inspired my haiku.
Linda Mitchell
12/8/2023 06:22:04 am
Thank you for the processy(Irene's term this week) comments of how your published haiku came to be. I love the story behind the stories so much. Thank you for the New Year exchange. 25 days? Hard to believe it...but I'm ready for a fresh start feeling in 2024. 12/8/2023 07:59:19 am
Jone, lovely poem! How fascinating that there is a hidden pair of spectacles amid the circles. That search sounds like a challenge I would not be able to resist! 12/8/2023 09:41:16 am
I love seeing your special quilt, Jone, & the 'hidden spectacles.' Also, I love that earlier poem part, 'that wars would never start". My father was killed in WWII, a pilot shot down in Leyte Gulf, never found. I have his mother, one of my dear grandmother's baby rocker. It was made by her father & she was born in 1900. I'm guessing it's the oldest special thing I have, though I do have a lot from the grandparents and great-aunts. Thanks for sharing your memories! 12/8/2023 01:55:44 pm
The repeated lines in your poem are like form fitting function - like your grandmother's quilt, they lay with heft on the heart - connection where fabric meets body, joined by generational threads. Thank you for sharing this, Jone.
Mary Lee
12/9/2023 04:26:36 am
You KNOW how much I love your haiku (and your word-quilting, too!) 12/9/2023 09:15:30 am
I love GROWN UP CHRISTMAS LIST. Seems very fitting right now. And I love thinking about quilts. I think the oldest thing in my house might be a quilt that was my grandmother's as well.
Rose Cappelli
12/9/2023 10:08:44 am
Lovely poems, Jone. Thinking about "generational creative bonds" is powerful. I think the oldest thing I have in my house is my grandmother's dining room furniture. I remember hiding under the table as a little girl.
Jone, you stitched a beautiful story together in both a long poem and a haiku. 12/9/2023 10:08:45 pm
Gorgeous quilts Jone, and that corner is lovely, do I see another poem in there…I liked the connection in your poem between your grandmother's quilts and "I do my quilting with words and papers" lovely, thanks! 12/10/2023 04:28:38 am
Jone, this is all beauty. The shared grown-up Christmas List poem. Your ponderings on the generational connections. And your poem. Thank you for all this loveliness. <3 Comments are closed.
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