Yesterday, when I read that Linda’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday this week was “yarn,” the very first thing I thought of was my friend Merrill Oliver Douglas’s chapbook Parking Meters into Mermaids. The title poem is about yarn bombing. For someone who may not be familiar with the term, yarn bombing is when someone puts yarn, usually knitted, on unusual objects, like parking meters, or tree trunks, or lampposts. It’s a fun and quirky form of public art.
While that poem is about yarn bombing, the chapbook itself follows a woman’s life through the decades. Check it out!
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I’m a fan of those who yarn bomb
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I admit I don’t have the skill for it, but it’s so fun to run across their work.
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What a fun title! I’ll check it out!
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I’m sure you would really appreciate Merrill’s poetry. Her ability to choose just the right details and to take a small occurrence and make it speak volumes is remarkable.
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