“Notes for Beginners” by Lynnell Edwards

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What Breaks

I. Gather

Face the fire and pull
from its belly the molten core:
potash, silica, lime,
dust of creation forged
to pulse and glow, round
earth leveraged at the end
of a hollow axis.

II. Breathe

Embryo of breath sent
from maker to creation,
little errand of expansion,
into this amniotic whole
swell: globe, bowl, platter—
all manner of golem commanded
to work or serve, beautiful
thing, flawless and still.

III. Shape

To and fro goes
the knob of glass against
the marver, table
of marble or steel to take
the heat. Cradle the pipe
between fingertips, shoulders
bowed, elbows bent and light,
the silent song of shaping,
lilt of lullaby smooth.

-Lynnell Edwards,
Kings of the Rock and Roll
Hot Shop (or, What Breaks)
(Accents Publishing)

photo by John Nation

Lynnell Edwards is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Kings of the Rock and Roll Hot Shop (or, What Breaks)(Accents Publishing). Her short fiction and book reviews have also appeared widely in such literary journals as Pleiades, American Book Review, New Madrid, and The Connecticut Review. She is Associate Professor of English at Spalding University, and prior to that, a faculty member at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. Lynnell is a graduate of Centre College, the center of the glass-blowing universe in Kentucky.

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