Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CREATION, by JULIA MAY COURTNEY



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CREATION, by                    
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.





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