Caress of Steel

Caress of Steel

A Poem by Pete
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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. - Thoreau

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The Caress by Mary Cassatt | Obelisk ...
The Caress by Mary Cassat 1902

what to think and feel
plying fingers meet taut strings
a caress of steel



© 2024 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"I live in the angle of a leaden wall, into whose composition was poured a little alloy of bell-metal. Often, in the repose of my mid-day, there reaches my ears a confused tintinnabulum from without. It is the noise of my contemporaries." - Thoreau

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Added on October 8, 2024
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..