IMMACULATELY
Eloquently
fingers shaping life,
Revolving
wooden wheel below,
Rotating
wet clay slowly at the top,
Amazes
fingers work surprisingly,
It
was making clay pottery eons ago,
Ancient
civilization certifies discovery,
Clay,
porcelain, bronze, and silver,
The
design for millennia continues,
Society
has forgotten its intricacies,
Still,
the potter failed to extinction totally,
Potter
wheel is a village sight beautiful,
Human
progressed, I was thinking,
Unstoppable
spirit achieved many things,
Wonderful
creations handcrafted,
With
iron machines, threads, cloth,
With
fibers carpets design noticeable,
Gold,
silver, platinum, and diamond,
The
crafty fingers create filigree, jewelry,
People
perform for generations to get rich,
Compare
village iron smith weaver,
The
community still is found assuring,
Poor
thatched cottages less changed,
Charcoals
are burning, listen to sounds,
The
hammer sharpens molten iron,
The
lifeline keeps village activity alive,
Poor,
bare chest, loincloth, rustic,
I
learned at college, educated, skilled,
These
men, women less educated,
Never
have gone to college to learn,
Inheritance,
my country may look to,
Century-old
art and craft is valuable,
It
carries inherent ancient culture,
Should
not be lost at any cost supported,
Stay
in these communities with peasants,
Their
products are still prized by females,
Clay
mug for tea stalls at rail platform,
Visible
when plastic is prohibited,
Provides
livelihood for potters, prosper,
Rural
industry takes shape for youth,
A
vast range of pottery items need homes,
Replacing
plastic, iron, steel utensils,
Water
coolers, clay idols perennial,
Potter
mint a small business nicely,
Water
cooler natural method cheap,
People
buy in hot summer for home,
Idol-making
shows potters' artisan fingers,
Goddess
idol dressed with ornaments,
Colors
natural ingredients prepared,
Paper,
jute, aluminum foil crown,
Decorations
created by an artistic mind,
Potter's
life is linked to festival seasons,
Diwali
time clay lamps million are sold,
Temples,
thousands oil lit lamps lighted,
The
potter wheel rotates, forming lamps,
Family
do good business on Diwali,
On occasion, homes in the street are bright,
Unique
sight spreads happiness, joy,
I
was thinking about immersive fingers,
Skill
in the blood acquires ideally,
These
fingers never read books studied,
Nondescript
rural men do muddy work,
Inconspicuous
their social presence,
Only
for an ultra-modern person educated,
Vanity
acquired from books digress,
Immaculately
shines Indian potteries,
Questions
civilization to rethink,
Look
back to the past glorious shining,
Finger
with clay creates an intricate product,
Immaculately
arranged at the street, sold!
@
Bijayananda Mishra
