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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2008-04-12 10:26 PM


The Power of Clay

Though beneath an
  immortal Sun,
the grand earthen
  hues
of Deep-Time’s
astonishing palette,
granted archaic
  hands
the finest first
expressions of art…
know that man’s
deepest fears
also lie within
a temporal
‘hand of clay’
...grasping...
that first handful
of enduring clay.

    ---b. e. adams (4/12/08)

         ~

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (04-13-2008 12:01 AM).]

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1 posted 2008-04-12 10:36 PM


To have had a chance to hold within my hands, some 'deep-time' clay, formed millions of years before humans walked the earth...is an honor beyond words. I have held warm-color earth clay and shall never forget the feelings it evoked.
I try to imagine how the early cave painters must have felt when they touched the earth's deep palette as they created their cave paintings, or how the earliest potters felt as they worked the clay.

Larrysmom
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2 posted 2008-04-12 11:52 PM


The incredible beauty in this is amazing… Your words are magical.

Tammy<333

Seoulair
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3 posted 2008-04-13 03:15 AM


What a beautiful, deep-thinking poem!!
Just Two hours back from Grand Canyon, what has been in my mind? your poems. Now, again.

The clay, how and why does it yield, yield million years to water, wind in silence. To hold what? the deep time or the void?

Thank you for your poem and have a great weekend dear Bruce.

effjayel
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4 posted 2008-04-13 03:20 AM


I can almost feel & smell the clay as I read this Bruce, good job once again...
2islander2
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5 posted 2008-04-13 03:44 AM


Hello Bruce, i've always consider that Nature is the first and greatest artist on the Earth, we miserably try to mimic her...

Enjoyed very much your wellcrafted poem...

   yann

shyvl
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6 posted 2008-04-13 11:41 AM


beautiful comparison of nature to humanity
Structure of the lines was powerful
sharyn

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7 posted 2008-04-13 12:46 PM


I used to teach art to the children at school and I loved teaching them to make roses out of clay. We also did dinosauers and other things. It was alot of fun and the kids loved it. There's something very satisfying about working with clay and this poem reminded me of it.
                                    Ida

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8 posted 2008-04-14 06:40 PM


Bruce,

You bring us lots to think about in your poetry and you bring us beauty in your words and images.  You say you are not a poet - I disagree.  You photograph with words.

A

ArtSolstice
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9 posted 2008-04-15 12:49 PM


It is so moving to read this poem, and the replies posted touch an emotional chord.
gilead
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10 posted 2008-04-15 12:54 PM


I am humbled! Humanity in a time perspective, gasping at timeless clay to create beauty through art. Your poem is carved in timeless stone!

Art

gilead
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11 posted 2008-04-15 12:54 PM


I am humbled! Humanity in a time perspective, gasping at timeless clay to create beauty through art. Your poem is carved in timeless stone!

Art

Snowflake From Hell
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12 posted 2008-04-15 01:40 PM


something about the earth that humbles us all

violence may not be the answer, but it does make good headway

Robert Frazier
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13 posted 2008-04-15 02:22 PM


a fine sculpture of words, indeed!

R

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