Like Charles Lamb, I like old china.
I like new china too.
Below is the cereal bowl I use every day.
(Yes, I know it is a "rimmed soup bowl". )
I Meditate on Plates
they reap the corn two centuries ago
in some hot european field
where two men stand bent slightly over sythes
and women stoop to gather what's been cut
it was ever thus
this rustic idyll
congealing under weetabix
in tasteful monochrome
villeroy and bosch
dishwasher safe
to grace a polished table
the sweat! the smell!
long hours under scalding sun
I'd hate to be a peasant then
broad-fingered ignorant
and numb to everything
save aching back and shoulders' burn
I'd long to loll
in shade beside the cows
beneath the heavy trees
I wouldn't think that I looked charmant
wouldn't care to decorate a dish
my labor turned to prettiness.
Second string cereal bowl.
Below a partial list of bloggers who said they were posting about plates.
Please leave a comment or e-mail me if your name isn't here and it should be.
List:
Christina of Soul Aperture
Constance of Rochambeau
Lala of My Castle in Spain*
Paz of Paz's New York Minute
Willow of WillowManor
Deb of BonBon Oiseau
Dale from Australia
Margaret Gosden
Karen of Artsortments
Lori of Jarvis House
Frances City Views Countrydreams
Viv from Whitby
Juliet the Crafty Green Poet
Derrick at Melrose Musings
Caroline at Coastguard
Sue of The Armchair Traveller
* coming later
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