{"id":167,"date":"2024-04-18T23:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:54:05","slug":"the-potter-of-clay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/poetry\/the-potter-of-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potter of Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Charlie Sharp<\/h5>\n<p>Look here, the Potter of Clay<br \/>\nis a miracle man of mud,<br \/>\nwho all day spins and spins<br \/>\nuntil the day is done,<br \/>\nand down, down comes the sun.<\/p>\n<p>With earthen hands, the miracle man<br \/>\nthrows whate&#8217;er you desire.<br \/>\nFrom his porcelain thigh he cuts,<br \/>\nwith a taut and steely wire,<br \/>\nand fingers that never tire.<\/p>\n<p>A figured vase, a hiding place,<br \/>\na bowl or cup or pot,<br \/>\nfrom his very own clay he builds<br \/>\nwhat a Potter of Man could not\u2014<br \/>\nfor his very own clay he has got.<\/p>\n<p>A cupboard for a casket<br \/>\nhas he earned, that Potter of Clay:<br \/>\nfor his head, his breast, his limbs,<br \/>\nin saucers have gone astray,<br \/>\nand the Potter has wasted away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Sharp Look here, the Potter of Clay is a miracle man of mud, who all day spins and spins until the day is done, and down, down comes the sun. With earthen hands, the miracle man throws whate&#8217;er you desire. From his porcelain thigh he cuts, with a taut and steely wire, and fingers&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/poetry\/the-potter-of-clay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Potter of Clay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-167","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions\/383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}