Collections You Can Hold in Your Hand
August 15, 2010
I have to chuckle at the title of this poem. It’s obviously a given that one would collect books, but what else?
Besides Books, What Do You Collect?
by Richard Jones
Foreign coins,
skeleton keys,
old French primers,
small tin boxes —
any little thing
I can hold in my hand
that like a prayer says
be attentive
this is the way we live —
bits of blue glass
polished by waves
and saved
in a jar
in a drawer.
Posted by Rosemary
Filed in Bits and Pieces, Handmade Things
Tags: blue, buttons, collections, green, jars, marbles, Sanibel Islands, shells, spools, thread
6 Comments » Filed in Bits and Pieces, Handmade Things
Tags: blue, buttons, collections, green, jars, marbles, Sanibel Islands, shells, spools, thread
August 15, 2010 at 7:02 am
Wonderful colors in your button collection!
August 15, 2010 at 7:09 am
I’m loving your watercolors! You could illustrate books. I especially liked your clothespins.
August 15, 2010 at 8:09 am
I am a button collecter also for some reason can’t resist when I see them at a garage sale.
September 6, 2010 at 6:21 am
heart button
wow 🙂
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