sitting on a doorstep <br />bronzed bowl <br />midden-full <br />of weedy things <br />and soil-encrusted worm castes <br /> <br />carousing the steps <br />the child <br />kicks the bowl <br />scattering earth crumbs <br />into quaver formation <br /> <br />27 October,2007<br /><br />Penny Hemans<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-singing-bowl/
