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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, couplets, craft, knitting, Knitting and Crochet, poetry, poetry structure, sibilance, writing
Knitting with syllables
pen and purl
lexical needles
pattern unfurls
pencils slip stitches
pens purl clichés
scheming skeins
unpicking dreams
slip stitch sibilance
cast off vigilance
trying hard again
to crochet a cardigan
No – not me
I prefer
knitting poems.
© Knitting doublets 16.01.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Illustration from “Vivilore: The Pathway to Mental and Physical Perfection” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Worldly Winds 
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I like 🙂
Thank you 🙂
What a fun poem! 😉 xoM
Haha – probably more accessible to the lady writers out there! 🙂
I like this one a lot. It has a great tonal sound to it (I’m not sure if those are appropriate poetry terms, but I figured they’d get my point across 🙂 )
Hello!! Oh yes I think they are perfect poetry terms!!
Thank you very much – sorry I’ve been a bit slack with catching up with everyone! I will be back…
😀
I really like ‘scheming skeins / unpicking dreams’ and lol at the final lines 🙂
Thank you – yes it’s quite a yarn – boom boom!!
🙂
Love it! I knit too 🙂 Fun poem
I wrote this after being inspired by trying to knit a cardigan and not having the patience to stick at it and complete it! I prefer knitting small things!
I totally agree with you! The small things are better to go for. I myself don’t also have the patience for the bigger projects. Even a baby blanket! 🙂
Oooh – what an incredible metaphor! Love this one…
Thank you!
Hehe – I think the women might get it more than the men 🙂
I just met a YOUNG guy who knits – does incredible work. So unusual. So I guess this is for us biddies and him? 🙂
Haha oh yes – I do actually know three or four guys who knit, and they are better at it than me! Maybe they see it as engineering with wool!! 🙂
I really like it!
Thank you 🙂
Loved this truly.
Thank you very much indeed!
🙂
You are most welcome 🙂
Ahhhhh…so pretty 🙂 Loved the ‘playing words’…they played along so nicely to weave that cardigan that looks like a poem 😀 Thank you 🙂
Ahhh thank you! Thank you for reading and taking the time to leave a comment 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed the word play 😀
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