Poetic Day 9: Remembering Warm-weather Gloves

 

Poetic Day 9 of National Poetry Month:  April 9, 2019, Tuesday

 

For the first time in many months, I did not don a pair of winter gloves yesterday nor today when My Leader Dog Willow and I went outside.  Yes, I do know that one to three inches of snow is predicted for tomorrow; but we certainly enjoyed the unusually warm spring weather of April 8 and 9.  These ponderings produced some poetic thoughts about gloves–warm-weather gloves.

 

As usual, after sharing with you my “poem-of-the-day,” I will list five prompts for writing a poem.

 

Remembering Warm-weather Gloves

 

by Alice Jane-Marie Massa

 

For Easter and the other warm Sundays

and special “dress-up” days

of my childhood and early teens,

I wore linen or lace

warm-weather gloves

to complete an outfit or–

oh, just for show.

You know how differently we dressed

in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

Upstairs, in a maple chest-of-drawers,

four pairs of gloves are tucked away

for remembering those daintier days.

One pair is of a thicker lace;

another is of a more delicate, white lace.

One cream-colored linen pair has a tiny button at each cuff

while a fourth pair is white linen

with red polka-dots–

a hand-me-down from my older sister

who first wore these garish gloves.

 

No longer in a treasure chest,

but only in a memory’s chest

are above-the-elbow white gloves

which were worn by my sister

at the CHS prom of 1964.

 

As I have always loved wearing hats,

I admit that I very much liked

wearing the warm-weather gloves.

 

In recent winter decades,

I wear gloves

to protect the hands

that read braille.

 

Now, in warmer weather,

I have left behind

all of the fancy gloves

because currently, my warm-weather gloves of choice

are gardening gloves.

 

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WRITING PROMPTS FOR DAY NINE OF NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

 

1. Write a poem about a favorite article of clothing or type of clothing.
2. Write a poem about a lost glove.
3. Write a poem in which you mention gardening gloves.
4. Write a poem which focuses on something which you have saved for more than a decade.
5. Write a poem crafted as a letter to or from Mother Nature.

 

With poem-poems (poetic pom-poms) held high, join me with the following cheer and motto for National Poetry Month:

 

“Read a poem!  Write a poem!  Share a poem!”

 

Finally, please remember that poetry is for all ages.

 

Poetically yours,

Alice and Leader Dog Willow

 

April 9, 2019, Tuesday

Thanks for reading this piece and honoring its copyright.

 

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