(1) Blue and White Temple Vase. (2) An 18th. Century Inscription...

                   1.

Blue and White Temple Vase.


Instantly created by a sleight of hand
Two cobalt blue dragons dart through
                                      a white ocean
alive with strange creatures that writhe
                                                 wispily
at the very moment a furnace clicked on
To kick start time.


And these cobalt blue dragons swim
                                   without knowledge
in the milk white ocean that is their home,
and always has been although newly born,
This being the Day of Creation.


And all life in the universe is sparked by
                                           these dragons
although they do nothing but chase
                                after each other
without breathing or moving
on the glittering glazed surface
Of a vase in the British Museum.


Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. - 21st. 2017.

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                    2.

An 18th. Century Inscription Incised into the Base of a Ru Dish.


Inside the palace there are many dishes,
but bowls are hard to find.

Small objects are easy to care for,
but large objects are often dropped and broken.

The emperor in his silks and brocade
must duck and weave to avoid the blade,

but his kitchen porter hauling the swill
may outlast the dynasty.

This small Ru dish is a thousand years old,
but the bowls have all been broken.


Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. 2017.

In the dark of Trump and Brexit I think the best I can do is explore my internationalism in my art with greater intensity and truthfulness, and hope to caste some light by doing so.