Poem: "The Old White Bowl"
This poem came out of the January 5, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
librarygeek. It also fills the "Learning a New Skill" square in my 1-3-21 card for the Fresh Starts Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.
"The Old White Bowl"
The bowl is old white,
plain but for two blue stripes,
like a white and blue tallit.
Everything is made clean
by the water in the bowl,
by the grace of G-d.
Everything is contained,
the water by the bowl,
the prayer by a human soul.
* * *
Notes:
See the old white bowl.
A tallit is a Jewish prayer shawl. While there are many styles, they are often white with blue stripes. This general design scheme appears in many other Jewish artifacts, whether made by Jews or simply chosen from outside materials.
Judaism requires various forms of washing in the morning and before prayers.
Jewish poetry often uses parallels, either two similar phrases followed by a different one, or vice versa. This poem uses one leading phrase and two phrases that expand on it.
librarygeek. It also fills the "Learning a New Skill" square in my 1-3-21 card for the Fresh Starts Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America."The Old White Bowl"
The bowl is old white,
plain but for two blue stripes,
like a white and blue tallit.
Everything is made clean
by the water in the bowl,
by the grace of G-d.
Everything is contained,
the water by the bowl,
the prayer by a human soul.
* * *
Notes:
See the old white bowl.
A tallit is a Jewish prayer shawl. While there are many styles, they are often white with blue stripes. This general design scheme appears in many other Jewish artifacts, whether made by Jews or simply chosen from outside materials.
Judaism requires various forms of washing in the morning and before prayers.
Jewish poetry often uses parallels, either two similar phrases followed by a different one, or vice versa. This poem uses one leading phrase and two phrases that expand on it.