Challenging Poetry

tangible dreams

clay and water,
fire and breath,
in various combinations—thrown
together on the wheel,
or drawn up in sculpted delicacy,
shaped by wire,
and tools,
and long fingered hands
with short, short nails,
into a pot,
a plate,
a cup,
a pitcher,
a mushroom,
a unicorn horn,
a tree who is really a woman
being turned by the gods
to a tree,
water and clay
and breath and fire.

line count: 20
April 13: pottery, crockery, ceramics....