Cotton Skeins
Posted in cross stitch on 04/11/2010 04:09 am by adminWhat is the title of this poem? by Marilyn Dumont?
do I think of digging through packed clay
to pry the madder root from it's tether?
Do I think of its root chips giving up
colour to skeins of cotton picked
and spun by hand?
do I think of dye pots
tin or iron, water fresh or filled
with heavy metals?
do I think of the chemistry of labour?
do I think of hands patient enough
to render my choice of colour?
do I think of the 30 days it takes
to string a loom, or the eyes
that thread the needle
the back that stiffens?
do I think of minds that design
an extended family of threads into
story? do I think of the women and children
who survive mothering these textiles?
do I think of the plant's yellow leaves?
whether it still grows, or if anyone
knows how to cultivate it?
do I think of the water needed and
if there is enough?
Sorry, I looked just about everywhere, but could not find the title. She wrote three books of poetry, including A Really Good Brown Girl, Green Girl Dreams Mountains, and that tongued belonging. Maybe if you checked for them at the library, you could find that specific poem.
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