Buttonholes
Cut a little opening And overcast it, then (Throwing the thread across each stitch) Stitch it round again.
A moment's stitching finds it Finished ; but not until The sun has burned its beauty out And dropped behind the hill.
Hazel Hall
Cut a little opening And overcast it, then (Throwing the thread across each stitch) Stitch it round again.
A moment's stitching finds it Finished ; but not until The sun has burned its beauty out And dropped behind the hill.
Hazel Hall’s “Buttonholes” describes a small domestic task: making a buttonhole. The speaker gives quiet, careful directions—cut a little opening, overcast it, stitch around the edge again—so the focus stays on patient, repetitive work. The first stanza feels close-up and practical.
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