{"id":484,"date":"2015-08-14T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2026-09-25T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:00:09","slug":"clay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/?page_id=484","title":{"rendered":"Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Burns<br \/>\nISBN 978-0-9928946-9-6<br \/>\nPrice \u00a35<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><div class=\"wpsc_product\"><div class=\"wp_cart_button_wrapper\"><form method=\"post\" class=\"wp-cart-button-form\" action=\"\" style=\"display:inline\" ><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"389aca9d45\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F484\" \/><input type=\"submit\" class=\"wspsc_add_cart_submit\" name=\"wspsc_add_cart_submit\" value=\"Add to Cart\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wspsc_product\" value=\"Clay\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"price\" value=\"5.00\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shipping\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"addcart\" value=\"1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cartLink\" value=\"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"product_tmp\" value=\"Clay\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"product_tmp_two\" value=\"Clay\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_number\" value=\"\" \/><div class=\"wpsc_add_cart_response_div\"><\/div><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n<p>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/order-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Order by post<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>These small, meditative poems about pottery and the potter\u2019s craft are themselves exquisitely formed vessels for larger enquiry and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the overriding sense I have of these poems is as givers and bringers of light, and I believe, as Burns believed in the potters she gives tribute to here, that something of her spirit is contained in what she has created. The pamphlet as an object is beautifully crafted and the poems match this, making it a fitting valedictory statement from Burns, and something that contains elements of her life and the loss we now feel since her death.&#8221; Richie McCaffrey, <em>londongrip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pamphlet whose slightness gives way to profound understanding and whose lightness is beautiful discipline. An exhilarating collection.\u201d Judges of Ted Hughes Award 2016<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted for 2016 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up for 2016 Callum MacDonald Memorial Award<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Jug<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>after Vermeer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>a thin stream of milk<br \/>\npoured from the heavy earthenware jug<br \/>\ninto a tureen<\/p>\n<p>this little slip of liquid<br \/>\ntipping over the lip of the jug<br \/>\ncontinually flowing<\/p>\n<p>from one vessel to another<br \/>\nas we, all our lives, are being filled<br \/>\nreplenished and replenished<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/?page_id=73\">More about Elizabeth Burns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elizabeth Burns ISBN 978-0-9928946-9-6 Price \u00a35 or Order by post These small, meditative poems about pottery and the potter\u2019s craft are themselves exquisitely formed vessels for larger enquiry and celebration. &#8220;the overriding sense I have of these poems is as givers and bringers of light, and I believe, as Burns believed in the potters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5v6l4-7O","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wayleavepress.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}