QUILTS ARE MEDICINAL

“A quilt for the retiring colonel from mom”

Quilts so lovingly stitched

at the quilter’s hand

Bear stored up curative

Medicinality

That when

Chuddled within

The chuddler reaps

Again and again

tom tenbrunsel

Carl Sandburg Writer 2023

*a poem dedicated to Alisa in The Grove

Author’s Note: Chuddled. An obscure Appalachian term for being wrapped up in, enveloped by, cozy/comfy, swaddled snug inside a handmade quilt, which releases medicinal qualities to the chuddled person direct from the quilter’s heart and hand. Otherwise known as poetic license 😎