Earthenware
unearthed vessel
chalky white, fine-lined fissures
a potter’s art?
shake out the friable soil, rich
to see it is an artifact of little value
pictures no longer held
tattered, ashen
canvas rotted
all that’s left two empty frames
hollow sockets in an unearthed skull.
Kim is our host at d’Verse Poets Pub today. She wants us “to take any meaning, form or compound of the prompt word, rich, and write a poem of exactly 44 words (not counting your title).”
(I’m also consideringing a possible mashup with Six Sentence Stories prompt word “frame”)
At least it’s such a very interesting discovery
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Or a rediscovery and reminder that that’s where we all end up.
Thanks for coming by. I may not be able to make the rounds tonight.
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I like this. Dark. Deep. And totally “mashable” 🙂
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Thanks. It’s just a fanciful way of describing a brain bucket.
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Archeologists’ d’verse.
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Can you dig it?
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😀
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rich treasures can be found in our own yard, nice one!
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Thanks Kate.
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I love your archaeological quadrille! It is timely as I’m reading an excellent series of archaeological crime thrillers by Elly Griffiths. Her main protagonist is Dr Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist who helps the Norfolk Constabulary with unusual cases. I would love to unearth some buried treasures, even something ordinary like an earthenware vessel or something more intriguing like a skull. Your quadrille leaves me wanting to know more!
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Sorry, this one is all done at 44 words. I was just playing with words, trying to compare a skull to a jug.
Thank you for the prompt!
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But the skull of which or who?
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Any human. Become an empty vessel.
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I wasn’t sure if human or not. Perhaps I read too quickly again?
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No, blame the writer.
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It might not be any worth, but there is a story to be told in every object…
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Yeah, which is why found stuff is fun. I have in mind this is a skull, so there’s a story. (I don’t know what it is though)
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I guess we never know the whole story, but then again, pieces of pottery–or skulls–can also tell us a lot.
We went on a walk in Philadelphia led by two archeologists a couple of weeks ago. It was interesting hearing the perspective of history from the archeological viewpoint.
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