I recently entered a poetry contest put on by an eco denim brand. Each designer for the brand puts a bit of their personality into the jeans, and the fabric itself is made from scraps of leftover material from previous jeans, combined with recycled cotton fabric. Pretty interesting. If I win, my poem would appear on their jeans' pockets, along with a tag with my name on it - how cool would that be?! It's not the most amazing poem I've written, and I was restricted to a very short word limit...but I think it turned out alright. Here goes:
My mother – Earth,
My father, fashion,
From love I’m birthed
With pride and passion.
I’m old, yet new
From many I’m paired
Once green, now blue
I’m born to share
My maker’s creed
Stitched into the seams:
Art, love, respect –
It’s in my jeans.
Destined, designed,
I’m fated to find,
A soul whose genes
Fit perfectly with mine.
--Rachel Anderson
