Mending by Hazel Hall

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 3, 2015   Mending   Hazel Hall

Here are old things: Fraying edges, Ravelling threads; And here are scraps of new goods, Needles and thread, An expectant thimble, A pair of silver-toothed scissors. Thimble on a finger, New thread through an eye; Needle, do not linger, Hurry as you ply. If you ever would be through Hurry, scurry, fly! Here are patches, Felled edges, Darned threads, Strengthening old utility, Pending the coming of the new. Yes, I have been mending … But also, I have been enacting A little travesty on life.            This poem is in the public domain About This Poem   “Mending” was published in Hall’s book Curtains (John Lane Company, 1921).   Hazel Hall was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1886. Her collections include Walkers (1923) and Cry of Time (1928). Hall died in Portland, Oregon, in 1924. Poetry by Hall   The Collected Poems of Hazel Hall (Oregon State University Press, 2000) "Ode to a Dressmaker’s Dummy" by Donald Justice "My Shoes" by Charles Simic "Shirt" by Robert Pinsky Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038