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Recorded Reading (1:18): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s0yyckxx0o2z4nic8qb3g/Wabi-Sabi-Teapot.mp3?rlkey=hsgda0otukv5s8nbu9hltovaa&dl=0

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“Wabi Sabi” is the practice, originating in Japan, of finding beauty (rather than something needing to be replaced with factory-identical newness) in the imprints of usage in our objects of daily use.

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Wabi Sabi Teapot

A little weathered
Some worn

Permeated with the energies
Of all its users

Mottled by small fountains
Of tea, running

Smoothly
Sparklingly

From it
Into cups held by

Treasured
Companions,

It stands
Comfortably

In this garden nitch
Where we finally placed it

Having tried first
Both porch and patio

And then at last
Agreeing, delightedly —

How could we not have seen
How perfectly

It belonged here with us
In the gazebo?…

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

Donors may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S. It does take several days for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for reading, and may your holidays be happy ones.

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