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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOTHER'S QUILT, by MARGARET RUSHMER
First Line: My mother cut the pieces
Last Line: That handiwork of love-time.
Subject(s): Mothers; Quilts
First Line: My mother cut the pieces
Last Line: That handiwork of love-time.
Subject(s): Mothers; Quilts
My mother cut the pieces,
And sewed them one by one
Into a beautiful pattern,
Until the quilt was done.
Some were bright and glowing,
Others a duller shade,
But all brought out the colors
Of flowers, down in our glade.
I see her face before me
With eyes and cheeks aglow,
Threading her needle swiftly,
Which made the quilt grow.
She sewed the pieces together,
Then placed them on the white,
And beneath her nimble fingers
Several blocks were done by night.
At last the quilt was finished,
Quilted in stitches fine,
And breathlessly we both looked on
That handiwork of love-time.
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