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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CREATION, by JULIA MAY COURTNEY First Line: He took a lump of yellow clay and folded it Last Line: From his deft hands. Subject(s): Aztecs; Pottery And Potters | |||
He took a lump of yellow clay and folded it To make it round, And through the inner hollow shaped and molded it Upon the ground. He set it in the sun and watched till it had dried Enough to burn And then, with purging sand, smoothed off each bulging side And crooked turn. He died. They filled his jar with water, set bean-meal Inside his tomb Lest, waking ere his time, the Hunger-beast should steal Through earth's dark womb. Ten thousand years ago or more, his thought took form As now it stands: An Aztec jar upon my table, glowing, warm. From his deft hands. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACE JUGS: HOMAGE TO LANIER MEADERS by DAVID BOTTOMS POTTERY MAKER by MARGARET MARCHAND BROWN THE POTTERY MAKER by CAREY YATES BUSBY THE CONTRAST TO WATTS' HYMN 'THE POTTER AND THE CLAT' by JOHN BYROM THE FIRE VASE by NATHALIA CRANE MOMENT IN MARBLE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER AWAKENING by KATE HASSELL REYNOLDS IN EARTHEN VESSELS by CHARLES WHARTON STORK |
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