gather round the watering bowl

gather round the watering bowl

the clay-form array on the ware board looked as if

they were waiting for some water in brother bowl

..

the chess pieces are bone dry

the bowl and birds were just made

and are still wet

..

when all are dry they will be bisque fired

and then glazed and glaze fired

a continuance of a tradition

that began millennia ago

..

and when the glazed ware emerges from the kiln

perhaps there will be another gathering

around the bowl

..

perhaps some non-canterbury tales told

perhaps love made