Thursday, May 4, 2017

W/Apologies To Cindy Walker

You give your hand to me
Tip a carafe and pour
You pick me up and see
I fall straight to the floor
I look just like a mug
But, buddy, there's no lug
I'm a yunomi

I’ll hold your warmest drink
I am the best tea one
A handled mug, I think
Seems so pedestrian
So come on, show some class
You hold me like a glass
I’m a yunomi

For I’m telling you, I’m art, I’m not a mug
Not a tumbler, a cup, or a stein
Exotic true! I cost a lot more too
So erudite and so refined

You give your hand to me
Tip a carafe and pour
You pick me up and see
I fall straight to the floor
Handles are so passé
That’s what the potters say
I'm a yunomi

2 comments:

  1. Oh lord. I think yunomi's are the making of someone who couldn't pull a handle.

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    1. You and me both. The only yunomis I ever made happened about five minutes after I realized the mugs were too dry to stick a handle on. I'm not one of the cool kids. I don't make yunomis.

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