"I like to sit in my shop", a poem

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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JWBIRONWORKS said:
Just a few thoughts about "Why I sit in my shop"

I like to sit in my shop.
I have a favorite chair that I like to sit in when I sit in my shop.
Sometimes I sit in my shop early in the morning and think of the day ahead.
Sometimes I sit in my shop at the end of the day and look at the results of the day and what tomorrow’s work will be.
Sometimes I sit down in the middle of the day and rest my legs.

I like to sit in my shop.
I like to look at my tools all around me.
Some in boxes
Some on benches, Some under benches
Some hang on the wall
Some in racks
Some stand in corners
I have store bought tools
I have homemade tools,
I have a few that my grandfather used.
I like to sit with my tools

I like to sit in my shop
Over on the shelf is a model my son put together years ago. Please don’t touch it, the glue is old and the parts tend to come off.
I have several hot wheels cars the grandkids left on the floor long ago, now they lie in the top lid of the tool box on the rolling bench. They have long since forgotten them. One day they’ll get to remember them.
Up there are the pieces of a bare walnut bowl that I was turning for my bride. It was almost complete and I reached in with the gouge to get that last spot. That bowl exploded and hit me in the chest. I was relieved when I looked down and there wasn’t a gouge sticking out of me.
Those signs you see hanging high on the wall I picked up here and there over the years. I just like them…..can’t really tell you why.
I like to sit with my things.

I like to sit in my shop.
I like to talk to my friends while sitting in my shop
I try to answer questions about forges, anvils and steel.
I try to answer questions about motorcycles, cars and why yes I will have another beer.
I often ask questions too.
I like to sit in my shop and talk with my friends

I like to sit in my shop
I like to sit with my dogs and talk real low.
I like to pet them and rub their bellies and ears and tell them how rough they have it.
I have always thought that nature should have made their life spans longer.
My dogs (and the neighbors dogs) like to lay in my shop on the cool concrete and watch me work.
I’m glad the dogs like to sit in my shop

I like to sit in my shop.
I remember when I was young I had a neighbor up on the hill.
He liked to sit in his shop when the day was thru.
I thought he was old…. If I had only known.
I liked to sit in his shop and talk of things he knew.
He shared his knowledge and peanuts too.
He is gone now but sometimes he comes and sits in my shop too.

I like to sit in my shop
Among my things
With my memories
People, Pets, Places, songs, stories and things.
Each day brings more…….

I like to sit in my shop

JWB


I'm not sure why I wrote it, It doesn't ryhme
but I did and thought I'd share:)
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This is a poem by John of JWB Ironworks. Qouted from the original posting on Iforgeiron. It is very touching :o .
 
I like to sit out in my shop too. (Although I need a better chair, all I have is a fold-up camp stool.) I was on hiatus for a while due to insufficient funds, but I'd still go out almost every day just to have some quiet time. I'm working on completely killing off a trail of grass between my back door and the shop :D
 
This is great. It catches the feel of a guy's shop that wives will never understand. JW didn't mention the antlers hanging in his shop that promote hunting lies from guests. Maybe he cut them all up and used them for knife handles.
 
I have to keep moving, or i would freeze...............Sitting down is for warmer weather......carl
 
Nice Very nice.
Thanks for posting this, it captures the mood of my last shop and hopefully my next.
 
Nice poem,thanks Sam and JWB
I can relate to it except the sitting part,I have no room to sit.But I do like to stand in my shop :D
 
Thanks for the post Sam.

I like to sit in my shop also. I have three stools to sit on, but mostly they get in my way as I am working. Standing all day in the shop, makes my legs hurt a lot.:D
I may look for a new chair today and a new hammer too.

Enjoy your weekend fellas, Fred
 
I like to sit in my shop,
with a cup of coffee or tea,
I can't understand, why my tools,
don't do the work, when I don't have the energy!
 
I like to look for things in my shop,
It's like a big cosmic drain,
I put things down and never see them again,
I wonder sometimes, how it became this way,
Now looking for things is like a great big game,
I think it's funny, my wife thinks it's not
I think I should clean it, my wife thinks yes, A LOT!
 
I have a recliner, refrigerator, tv, dvd player and stereo in my shop. I could live out there if something happened to my home. Only two problems. I have to work and the dang cell phone drags me from my shop.
 
Thanks for the poem Sam. It rings home for me. Now I want to get a better chair. Already have the tools and dogs. I love to sit in my shop and drink coffee with my friends.
 
Glad you guys enjoyed it, it was very touching.

Bruce, it rung home for me very much so as well, when I lost my shop I had all my tools sort of ramshackle setup in my garage, nothing was hooked up and working, but it still felt good to go out and sit and hang with my tools, or hang with my friend and light cigs off the forge and sit and joke.
 
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