Quality Control

Clay is moist in their hands.They probe it with damp fingers,feel resistance until they simultaneouslythrow it on their wheelswith a wet thud. Percussion. The rhythm of the kick wheelgives them impetus to kneadand sculpt, and shapes emerge, breathingtogether with their creators,merging into a breeze. A windy symphony. Each pot has its maker’sfingerprints, though pots strivefor […]

Mist-Layered Morning

Under the bone                  of a mist-whirled fading moon,skeletal flowers are drip-laden,                   rotting yellow starsagainst the rain-glistened                   brown of soggy loam.Drifting through the mist-layered morning,                   soft as a whispertangled with chimney smoke,                   the descant of birdsong,and a fox’s tenor bark. Kim M. Russell, 3rd November 2025 For this week’s Quadrille Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub […]