Thanks so much Ann the lines you suggest are great. I am glad you got the
meaning of the patterns in nature. How lovely that the poem brought to your
mind the family patterns. My husband used to knit us wonderful jumpers with
complicated patterns. I  am always enthralled by the shifts in nature
especially the trees and the feminity of the blossom  I love the Hawthorn
blossom and the month of May, Bw Sally J


>From: "V. W." <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: new sub Hawthorn Blossom
>Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:09:40 EDT
>
>Dear Sally
>             love this, at first it reminded me of the jumpers crafted by
>fisher wives whose handed down traditional family patterns were sometimes
>the only
>way of identifying those lost at sea and washed ashore. Patterning in
>nature
>as in life I suppose strikes me as a comforting security
>
>Try         Blossoms drop like loose stitches / from the knitted pattern of
>secrets
>
>I would ditch the two ands at the beginning of the lines if this were mine
>
>Great poem, great last two lines to finish
>
>
>                                 regards Ann

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