Dwellings: The Potter's House
(Text of the poem below)
Three Plates / Paper Dimension: 12" x 9"
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with Original Poetry
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Dwellings: The Potter's House
There is a potter who builds a simple house
~ a dwelling smaller than a shoebox.
The sturdy ochre walls -
fired slabs of clay, shaped and smoothed by hands
not unlike those of a master gardener,
for whom the earth
and a certain measure of water upon it
is the stuff of life.
And inside this house is a little candle
that you can light with a match
and find a metaphor
for the simplicity
and the grace
of a life well lived.
© C.C. Barton
1999