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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
hand dyed fabric, colored pencil
hand embroidery, machine appliqué, machine quilted
19-1/2 x 16-5/8"
©2011 Lisa Flowers Ross


Just in the nick of time.  I finished my piece for the text messages deadline.  It is inspired by Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken.  The poem is written all over the background.  Here is the entire poem:

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim 
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there 
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay,
In leaves no steps had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads to way,
I doubted that I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

So, tell me what you think- all feedback welcome (even if you don't like the piece).  Does it just look like yellow snowflakes to you?  Would you get it without the poem or the title?

1 comment:

Linda M said...

Yes, I like it. Over lapping some of the trees really improved it.