Filaments of red and black
pulled by small, quick fingers -
this is the way my mother did it,
building a pattern
piece by woven piece.
A blanket for the back
of a tired horse,
or a tired child -
on a long Winter walk to Santa Fe -
is now an area rug
in a coffee shop
in Carson City.
© Scott Stark, 2013
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| 19th century Navajo blanket downloaded from "Indian Blankets and Their Makers" by George Wharton James (1914) from Wikimedia Images |
