Potential Titles: Cloth/Fabric [category]
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somethingdarkerAcrylic:
The softest acrylic sunny day - Andrea Potos "Crocheting in December"
Buckskin:
Wrapped in buckskin and silver - Joy Harjo "Kansas City"
Cambric:
The slanting, cambric curtain of his soul - Maxwell Bodenheim "An Old Man Humming a Song" [The Little Review Nov. 1914 (v.1, no.8)]
Canvas.
Cashmere:
Green cashmere sweaters on top of the glass - Natalie Goldberg "Home"
Chiffon:
Chiffon, gauze, and tinsel - Conrad Aiken "Dancing Adairs"
Chintz:
Chintz that blinks with dragon's eyes - Stephen Vincent Benet "Les Cruches Cassees"
Cloth/Clothes/Clothing.
Cloth of Gold:
Spices, fine linen, and cloth of gold - Laurens Maynard "Ave Post Saecula"
Cloth of gold were fair enough to touch her feet - Anne Spencer "Lines to a Nasturtium (a lover muses)" [Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets, ed. by Countee Cullen, 1927]
Cotton.
Crepe:
Clouds with crepe bedeck and shroud the skies - Alfred Kreymborg "Crocus"
Damask:
Clouds of white linen and storm-black damask - R.B. Lemberg "Long Shadow"
The purple damask of their scales - Li Po "In Reply When Lesser Officials of Chung-tu Brought a Pot of Wine and Two Fish to My Inn as Gifts" transl. by Burton Watson
Glow voluptuous of the damask rose - H.T. Tuckerman "To the Violet" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXIII no.4, Oct. 1848]
Denim:
Stooped over sewing machines in denim dust - Adrienne Rich "Yom Kippur 1984"
Fabric.
Felt:
Vulgar black felt stapled in the raised flowerbeds - Ari Banias "Fountain"
The thick felt of the mist's white hood - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Fishermen" transl. by Alma Strettell
The felt mat seats us shoulder to shoulder - Yang Fang "The Joy of Union" transl. by Burton Watson
Flannel:
Flannel and furs to keep yourself warm - Mrs. Sale Barker "The Robin's Song"
With scarlet flannel round - Zona Gale "Violin"
Tie a red flannel string around your waist - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"
Silk zigzagged to flannel - Richard Solomon "Possession I: Blanky"
Flax.
Fleece.
Gauze.
Gossamer.
Hemp:
Wild paths through mulberry and hemp - The Buddhist Priest Chiao-jan "Looking for Lu Hung-chien but Failing To Find Him" transl. by Burton Watson
Sun warm on mulberry and hemp - Su Tung-p'o "[Soft grasses, a plain of sedge]" transl. by Burton Watson
The flaxen hemp still plaits its chain - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Rope-Maker" transl. by Alma Strettell
Lace.
Lawn:
Break through your veils of lawn - Sir William Davenant "The Lark Now Leaves His Watery Nest"
Leather.
Linen.
Mesh.
Muslin:
Scares muslin souls away - Emily Dickinson "Book 2: Life XXXIV"
Paper muslin ghost - Marianne Moore "Pedantic Literalist"
Rag.
Ribbon.
Ruffle.
Sack/Sackcloth.
Samite:
The swan of samite blood - Philip Lamantia "The Islands of Africa"
Whose samite masks veil little more than entropy - Ann K. Schwader "Finale, Act Two"
Sarcenet:
Her lips unlocked your sarcenet line - Noel Quiñones "Orange"
Satin.
Silk.
Strap:
A mesh of leather straps and danger - Pablo Neruda "Guayaquil (1822)" transl. by Jack Schmitt
Suede:
When the clouds have turned to suede - Diane DeCillis "Ingratiating the Monster"
Taffeta:
A taffeta of cold air - dg nanouk okpik "Inupiaq Women"
Textile:
With analogue, textile eyes - Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge "The Loom"
Velvet.
Velour:
In pink velours and pea green checks - Oliver Herford "John S. Sargent"
Velveteen:
Sang copper into velveteen shells - Sophie Fink "The Dogs Don't Forgive Us"
Wool.
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The softest acrylic sunny day - Andrea Potos "Crocheting in December"
Buckskin:
Wrapped in buckskin and silver - Joy Harjo "Kansas City"
Cambric:
The slanting, cambric curtain of his soul - Maxwell Bodenheim "An Old Man Humming a Song" [The Little Review Nov. 1914 (v.1, no.8)]
Canvas.
Cashmere:
Green cashmere sweaters on top of the glass - Natalie Goldberg "Home"
Chiffon:
Chiffon, gauze, and tinsel - Conrad Aiken "Dancing Adairs"
Chintz:
Chintz that blinks with dragon's eyes - Stephen Vincent Benet "Les Cruches Cassees"
Cloth/Clothes/Clothing.
Cloth of Gold:
Spices, fine linen, and cloth of gold - Laurens Maynard "Ave Post Saecula"
Cloth of gold were fair enough to touch her feet - Anne Spencer "Lines to a Nasturtium (a lover muses)" [Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets, ed. by Countee Cullen, 1927]
Cotton.
Crepe:
Clouds with crepe bedeck and shroud the skies - Alfred Kreymborg "Crocus"
Damask:
Clouds of white linen and storm-black damask - R.B. Lemberg "Long Shadow"
The purple damask of their scales - Li Po "In Reply When Lesser Officials of Chung-tu Brought a Pot of Wine and Two Fish to My Inn as Gifts" transl. by Burton Watson
Glow voluptuous of the damask rose - H.T. Tuckerman "To the Violet" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXIII no.4, Oct. 1848]
Denim:
Stooped over sewing machines in denim dust - Adrienne Rich "Yom Kippur 1984"
Fabric.
Felt:
Vulgar black felt stapled in the raised flowerbeds - Ari Banias "Fountain"
The thick felt of the mist's white hood - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Fishermen" transl. by Alma Strettell
The felt mat seats us shoulder to shoulder - Yang Fang "The Joy of Union" transl. by Burton Watson
Flannel:
Flannel and furs to keep yourself warm - Mrs. Sale Barker "The Robin's Song"
With scarlet flannel round - Zona Gale "Violin"
Tie a red flannel string around your waist - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"
Silk zigzagged to flannel - Richard Solomon "Possession I: Blanky"
Flax.
Fleece.
Gauze.
Gossamer.
Hemp:
Wild paths through mulberry and hemp - The Buddhist Priest Chiao-jan "Looking for Lu Hung-chien but Failing To Find Him" transl. by Burton Watson
Sun warm on mulberry and hemp - Su Tung-p'o "[Soft grasses, a plain of sedge]" transl. by Burton Watson
The flaxen hemp still plaits its chain - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Rope-Maker" transl. by Alma Strettell
Lace.
Lawn:
Break through your veils of lawn - Sir William Davenant "The Lark Now Leaves His Watery Nest"
Leather.
Linen.
Mesh.
Muslin:
Scares muslin souls away - Emily Dickinson "Book 2: Life XXXIV"
Paper muslin ghost - Marianne Moore "Pedantic Literalist"
Rag.
Ribbon.
Ruffle.
Sack/Sackcloth.
Samite:
The swan of samite blood - Philip Lamantia "The Islands of Africa"
Whose samite masks veil little more than entropy - Ann K. Schwader "Finale, Act Two"
Sarcenet:
Her lips unlocked your sarcenet line - Noel Quiñones "Orange"
Satin.
Silk.
Strap:
A mesh of leather straps and danger - Pablo Neruda "Guayaquil (1822)" transl. by Jack Schmitt
Suede:
When the clouds have turned to suede - Diane DeCillis "Ingratiating the Monster"
Taffeta:
A taffeta of cold air - dg nanouk okpik "Inupiaq Women"
Textile:
With analogue, textile eyes - Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge "The Loom"
Velvet.
Velour:
In pink velours and pea green checks - Oliver Herford "John S. Sargent"
Velveteen:
Sang copper into velveteen shells - Sophie Fink "The Dogs Don't Forgive Us"
Wool.
Navigation Links:
Go to Potential Titles: Art/Craft: Tools and Materials [category].
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
