In honor of National Poetry Month – April – We just completed the final day of this 20th year of literary excellence in poetry. Here is my contribution.<\/p>\n
“An Afternoon Embroidery Lesson”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This is an ABECEDARIAN<\/strong><\/em> Poem.<\/p>\n Look down the LEFT side and you will see each line begins with a letter of the alphabet.<\/p>\n It goes from A to Z.\u00a0 Go ahead and try one, too! It is fun.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An afternoon embroidery lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n Beauty is a blue silk thread <\/strong><\/p>\n Carefully stitched into ivory cloth <\/strong><\/p>\n Did she know my destiny?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Education begins in a quiet place <\/strong><\/p>\n For a little girl and her mother <\/strong><\/p>\n Grandmother\u2019s kitchen <\/strong><\/p>\n Holding on to a slender needle<\/strong><\/p>\n