Keepsake

Yesterday we were acquaintances
Yesterday we shared a dream
Yesterday we shared a journey
Yesterday we became friends.

We planned,
We worked
We dreamed
We journeyed

We shared a vision
Literacy Without Borders.
Like the Hobbit's journey
We traveled.

We planned
We worked
We dreamed
We accepted challenges.

Funding, fund raisers
Coffee "the Readers Blend", nooks, raffles, sponsors,
One by one
Others shared our dream.

Joining us
Dreams turned into reality
Along the way
I got to know you

I learned to appreciate you.
I am thankful for you
I am grateful for your gifts
I am glad we journeyed together.

This is my gift
A keepsake of woven beads
Woven like memories through our journey
Dreams unlocked transforms reality.

Yesterday we were acquaintances
Yesterday we shared a dream
Yesterday we shared a journey
Today we are friends.


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C is for Cameo Carving - Found Poem

Cameo Carving

What is a cameo?
A gem carved in relief
A brief appearance
A decorative object

Origins 3rd-4th century
19th century - Roman school
Always used hard stone
Cameos a work of art

The best masters
Did not consider shells precious.
Later, jewelry cameos
Led to mass production.

All unique pieces
Despite the fact that some are mass produced
Shells cannot be carved by hand alone
Every shell cameo is different.

Specialized artisans
Carving hair, hands, or noses
A whole team's experience and skills
A finished cameo.

Master Carver
His or her hands transform
A piece of shell
Into elegant precious sculptures

Delicate and diaphanous portraits
Mythological scenes
True collectables,
A difficult art disappearing.

According to old masters
This painstaking art
Out of step with the frenetic
Rhythm of our times.



The text for this found poem can be found at http://www.cascosrl.it/en.whatiscameo.htm

Cameo was the word I found during my dictionary hike.

B is for Buccaneer

What’s a buccaneer? (5)
The Golden Age of Pirates (7)
17th century (6)
Caribean Pirates, dear. (7)

What did pirates wear?
Sailor’s clothing called “slops”
Canvas doublet and drawers
knitted woolen caps, my dear.

Laws concerning dress? (5)
English Sumptuary Laws (7)
Latin - expenditure (6)
Tools control the populace.

Sumptuary Laws(5)
dictated what you could wear (7)
Clothing marked social rank
This met with pirate guffaws.

They took great delight
Wearing garments from fabric
Previously banned,
Velvet and silk - civil rights.