Random Acts of Poetry

Handmade Gifts

Handmade Gifts


Her stray hairs stayed by hand instead of a brush,
she sits in a confluence of strings and threads,
which flow from totes and baskets and bags,
knotted on needles and looms and hooks.

She’s waited too long to start, hence the rush.
She should have shopped Amazon instead.
Then it would be paper and ribbons and nametags
wrapped round neckties and booze and books.



Written for "PromptMaster !" 


Task Prompt:
Write a poem using polysyndeton: adding multiple conjunctions in close succession for emphasis
(e.g., “We lived and laughed and loved and left”).