Jack Perkins – Words and Music

May 1, 2010

A Birthday Knit

Filed under: Poetry — jacksperkins @ 6:03 am

Like knitting from the needles, your life grows.
You knit and purl the days, weeks, months,
row by row into a shapeless length with
a dropped stitch here and there.

Then, on your birthday – cast off.
Ignore the pucker and flare
Just Celebrate
the ambiguous garment of another year.

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2 Comments »

  1. Lovely, but I would love to read the one about the Bolton Street cemetary.

    Comment by Suz — October 24, 2010 @ 8:42 am | Reply

    • Thanks Suz. Bolton Street Cemetary is on a later page in the poetry section. Best wishes Jack.

      Comment by jacksperkins — January 8, 2012 @ 8:35 pm | Reply


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