"Threads" by Richard Dinges

Threads

Eyesight a blurred
prison, she watches
a thin thread in
the needle’s eye in
this child’s narrow
fingers, a long line
held taut between
her own grandmother’s
hand, through her
fingertips, and now
borrowed anew
in her bright gaze
and smile at
learning to sew.

Richard DInges

Richard Dinges, Jr., works on his homestead beside a pond, surrounded by trees and grassland, with his wife, two dogs, two cats, and six chickens. Oddball Magazine, Sequoia Speaks, Poetry Pacific, Rundelania, and MockingHeart Review most recently accepted his poems for their publications.

Headshot: Rosie Schueths

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