The World According to Poetry #16
Handy Work
By Stephanie Wood Miller © 2019
Touching, tickling, bathing, brushing, holding,
helping, cleaning, cutting, cupping
Clipping, picking, petting, pointing, smoothing,
wiping, wringing, buttoning, zipping
Casting, carrying, fixing, folding, hammering, harvesting
Making, molding, shaping, placing
Pinning, painting, sanding, screwing, smoothing
Straightening, turning, twisting
Spinning, stitching, snipping
Doing, digging
Planting, pulling, seeding, sweeping, shoveling, raking, reaping
Pinching, pruning, twisting, trimming, tying
Beat, break, destroy, dismantle
Hit, hurt
Punch, slap, steal, strangle, stab, shoot
Lynch
Kill