Muscular modulations
From those early days
the canes soaked in water
until supple
then inserted
one spoke at a time
into the holes
around the rim
of the round wooden base
where they are firmly plaited
one reed under another
ready for the sides
to be woven
Handicraft : everything
that is man-made
the mind-word
that puts the hand
to work
We who rise up
from the base of the land
turn our minds
to manufacture
to form and to shape
and to put our environment
to work
Solar energy
grass-fed or otherwise
creating and constructing
The light made us
the mind turned the hand
to good use
John Lyons