The Potters Wheel
A loop poem22 total reviews
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi Jim,
This well done loop poem show an artists love for his or her works and also the beauty we get from it.
Congrats on placing third in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Have a great day.
Joan
reply by the author on 14-May-2023
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Hi Jim,
This well done loop poem show an artists love for his or her works and also the beauty we get from it.
Congrats on placing third in the contest.
Keep writing and stay healthy
Have a great day.
Joan
Comment Written 14-May-2023
reply by the author on 14-May-2023
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Thank you Joan, I trust your Mothers Day has been special.
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You're most welcome, Jim.
Yes, it was. Thanks.
Joan
Comment from l.raven
Hi Jim, I have a girlfriend...and her daughter
goes to classes to make things of clay...actually
the one on the right in your picture looks
like on of hers...
she makes pottery out of so many things...
she doesn't sell them...but I know potters do it for a
job...they make a living from the pottery they sell...
I love your poem sweet guy...and love the picture...
well done you...a great Loop poem...Good Luck in the contest...love Linda xxoo
reply by the author on 05-May-2023
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Hi Jim, I have a girlfriend...and her daughter
goes to classes to make things of clay...actually
the one on the right in your picture looks
like on of hers...
she makes pottery out of so many things...
she doesn't sell them...but I know potters do it for a
job...they make a living from the pottery they sell...
I love your poem sweet guy...and love the picture...
well done you...a great Loop poem...Good Luck in the contest...love Linda xxoo
Comment Written 04-May-2023
reply by the author on 05-May-2023
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Linda, thank you! While throwing vessels made from clay can become a livelihood for some. I love to make empty vessels and gift them to friends and charities. Although, in August a gallery is hosting a meet the artist and showing a collection of vessels I am currently making. I truly appreciate your kind and supportive words. Big Hugs of Thanks, Jim
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Hi Jim, that sounds awesome...
and it is wonderful you make
gifts out of your pottery for
friends and charities...your
a sweet guy...and a good friend...
my kids made me some pottery gifts
when they were in school...they are my
most cherished positions...
Jim, when they start to chip from age...
is there a way to fix them???..I have a
hand print from win the kids were younger...
and there cracking...Thank You...and you are so welcome...bug hugs right back at you...
🤗🤗🌼🙏
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Linda, I am afraid that the chipping away of ceramic objects over time, do not repair well.
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Jim, I know crazy glue doesn't work...
the ceramic pulls away from it...sigh...
Thank You for letting me know...🤗
Comment from Janel Mock
The last line is my favorite!!!! Reading happy poems, I need more of this. I love this poem and you have done an amazing job! Thank you so much for sharing! Bless you!
~Janel
reply by the author on 05-May-2023
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The last line is my favorite!!!! Reading happy poems, I need more of this. I love this poem and you have done an amazing job! Thank you so much for sharing! Bless you!
~Janel
Comment Written 04-May-2023
reply by the author on 05-May-2023
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Janel, I send my sincere thanks and hope and pray that many more happy poems shine the light of joy and celebratory times ahead.
Comment from Alexandra Trovato
This is a good poem full of colorful words and imagery that support the theme. The image works through support your word. Good writing and Best wishes!
reply by the author on 04-May-2023
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This is a good poem full of colorful words and imagery that support the theme. The image works through support your word. Good writing and Best wishes!
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 04-May-2023
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Thank you!
Comment from shelley kaye
this was a wonderful loop poem about potters spinning that clay
good loops and word choices
nice imagery
smooth rhyme and flow
thank you for sharing and goodl luck in the contest
shelley :)
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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this was a wonderful loop poem about potters spinning that clay
good loops and word choices
nice imagery
smooth rhyme and flow
thank you for sharing and goodl luck in the contest
shelley :)
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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Thank you, Shelley kaye!
Comment from Ginda Simpson
I am a pottery lover and although I am an artist who has worked with her hands her whole life, I have never tried the pottery wheel. You pay tribute to the process and the creator in this poem. I could feel the moist clay in his hands.
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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I am a pottery lover and although I am an artist who has worked with her hands her whole life, I have never tried the pottery wheel. You pay tribute to the process and the creator in this poem. I could feel the moist clay in his hands.
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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Ginda, a fellow artist and poet. Oh my! I spend equal parts of my days in the studio, with a balls of clay and my wheel, crating empty vessels and the other part of my day is writing and reading poetry. What a life!
Comment from estory
I liked how you used these repeating words and phrases from line to line in this tight quatrain stanza format to create the looping, spinning effect of the pots on the wheel. You also get that feel of the potters emotions, his love and care, going into the pots. Pottery is big in North Carolina. I did a three poem series on potting in my book Carolina Pastorals a couple of years back. Tried something along these lines but more open ended, free verse in style. estory
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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I liked how you used these repeating words and phrases from line to line in this tight quatrain stanza format to create the looping, spinning effect of the pots on the wheel. You also get that feel of the potters emotions, his love and care, going into the pots. Pottery is big in North Carolina. I did a three poem series on potting in my book Carolina Pastorals a couple of years back. Tried something along these lines but more open ended, free verse in style. estory
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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estory, yes NC has an abdunance of potters, including my wife and myself. We have just been juired into our first gallery, with a show in August. I love the wheel and the complexity of throwing vessels.
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Seagrove the best. Went there a few years back and bought some great pieces, mostly gifts, but I have one face jug pot from King Pottery on my deck. estory
Comment from Wendy G
Lovely Loop poem and I enjoyed the theme of a potter's wheel and the creation of different items of beauty and utility. What came across was the pleasure and satisfaction of the potter. Very nice. Best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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Lovely Loop poem and I enjoyed the theme of a potter's wheel and the creation of different items of beauty and utility. What came across was the pleasure and satisfaction of the potter. Very nice. Best wishes for the contest.
Wendy
Comment Written 03-May-2023
reply by the author on 03-May-2023
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Thank you Wendy, that is precisely how I feel every day spending time forming vessels from balls of clay. Time literally comes to a halt when I'm in the studio.
Comment from Charles W. Johnson
JLR, conceptually, I think you've got a good theme here for a loop poem. And you've almost hit upon a very good poem. I can't get comfortable with the "jars filled with ... a dollar". That rhyme seems forced and nonsensical. There are lot of words that could be substituted for taller. I wonder if there isn't a better rhyme combination that could be substituted (which would also mean changing the first word of the last stanza)? I've not attempted a loop poem but I can appreciate the challenge they present.
reply by the author on 02-May-2023
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JLR, conceptually, I think you've got a good theme here for a loop poem. And you've almost hit upon a very good poem. I can't get comfortable with the "jars filled with ... a dollar". That rhyme seems forced and nonsensical. There are lot of words that could be substituted for taller. I wonder if there isn't a better rhyme combination that could be substituted (which would also mean changing the first word of the last stanza)? I've not attempted a loop poem but I can appreciate the challenge they present.
Comment Written 02-May-2023
reply by the author on 02-May-2023
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Charles, I so value your comments. Thank you! I may be quite old school both by age and because I am an old soul by nature. But I remember quite vividly that my Grams had a cookie jar set high on a shelf that never had any cookies, but it did contain the loose change that she nested away from savings and the sale of eggs. I can not think of a time when she may have had a folding dollar, but he change would make up the sum of a dollar or more.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
A fine loop and they are not easy to write so I commend you on this one and I enjoyed the sentiments too, I wish you luck with the contest Jim, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 02-May-2023
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A fine loop and they are not easy to write so I commend you on this one and I enjoyed the sentiments too, I wish you luck with the contest Jim, love Dolly x
Comment Written 02-May-2023
reply by the author on 02-May-2023
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Thank you, Dolly.