Hi gary,
Hey this is really good fun! It's brightened up th damp drear of night round
here.
Do you really need the first verse, tho? The business of the poem starts in
the 2nd stanza.
And, in the UK at least, the word "lumber" isn't too complimentary (and
sounds worse, I guess, when put alongside words like "small loom ladies".
Lumber then sounds really large, and cumbersome, and heavily huge!
And my (fertile) imagination is playing with the cyclic nature of moonlight,
with faery stories involving weaving, and all sorts of "glamourous" (ie
magical) things!
Bob


>From: garydawg <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New:  Looms
>Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:04:26 -0800
>
>A bit silly, written for a member of the live workshop, who also weaves
>with
>a group called The Small Loom Ladies, the looms small of course.  The live
>workshop decided to do a loom poem for her, maybe a loomrick, pantaloom,
>villaloom, or plain patterned weave as here.
>
>Looms
>
>At the cusp of night,
>the moon's luminescence
>competes with artificial luminaries
>to light the weaver's way.
>
>looming large
>
>With the lightest touch,
>the small loom ladies lumber
>across the moors
>to join the weaver's weft.
>
>looming large
>
>In the dark of night,
>the moon looms large,
>loons and lambs laugh
>when the weavers go their way.
>
>looming large
>
>With great finesse,
>the small loom ladies loosen
>knots to braid bands
>for coat and shawl.
>
>looming large
>
>At the end of night,
>the moon looks thin,
>loathe to leave
>until the weavers go away.
>
>looming large
>
>The small looms are put away,
>fabric warped and woofed,
>until the moon is new
>the ladies weave alone.
>
>
>Feb guest is TE Ballard and Gar does garbage  at:
>http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html,
>
>
>
>Poets for Peace.  ˇPoemas sí, balas no!




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