pottery
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wheel thrown pottery
coils of clay willingly yield-
master potter's touch
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© 2019 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
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First the mud was dredged from the reeded river
by the potter’s boy
who slid his hands in the cool sludge and made his friends with the wet earth.
In the studio, the inert mass waited to be yanked off in chunks, to be shaped by adroit hands –
like...
Pots
Everywhere.
Glaze on the table.
People building animals.
Teapots strewn around the room.
Teacher telling what to do.
