Basket Maker by Brenda Kay Ledford

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Basket Maker
by
Brenda Kay Ledford

Aunt Mae Hall taught

me life skills.

She taught me

to pass the weft

over the warp

weaving a pattern.

Aunt Mae taught me

the song of generations.

She taught me

to twine, twill,

choose a color scheme;

create my own shape.

Aunt Mae taught me strength.

She taught me

to gather willow

beside Fontana River,

boil the bark;

making it soft and strong.

Aunt Mae taught me pride.

She taught me

to correct my mistakes,

weave each row again,

preseve my mountain heritage;

to make a basket.

This poem first appeared in The Reach of Song (Georgia Poetry Society).
Used here with the author's permission.

Brenda Kay Ledford is a blogger, author, and poet in Hayesville, North Carolina who writes about her Southern Appalachian heritage. She enjoys nature and this theme is often included in her work, which has earned her the Paul Green Award a dozen times from the NC Society of Historians. Brenda’s hobbies include photography, playing the piano and harmonica, writing, and hiking. Learn more about her at http://blueridgepoet.blogspot.com.

erinsnana:
I like this a lot also!
Posted 06/05/2014 11:03 AM

Cindy:
nice job
Posted 06/05/2014 09:28 AM

Larry Schug:
I feel like you carry Aunt Mae in the basket of your heart. I like this poem a lot.
Posted 06/05/2014 07:41 AM

Dorcas:
I like that. To correct the weave of your basket.
Posted 06/05/2014 06:14 AM

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