Matt Duckworth Underwater

Art, Book reviews, Ceramics, Photographs, Postcards, Quick Fiction, Quotations, and (Usually Aquatic) Reflections. (P.S. This blog looks better in the web version.)

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Friday, August 23, 2019

Entitled

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"Now that I see your full name, I have to say this: 'Matthew Duckworth . . . . . . Earl of Sandwich.'" --clerk at the...

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Sobriquet

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" Hey, hey, Teach. What's with the clay-head ?" --Not-my-student asking about the prop for Macbeth class today. Sec...

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Metrical Reflection

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Two trochees and a spondee: my full name. Can you tell that I'm bored with hanging around being ill and just "resting"?

Monday, July 9, 2012

Sleep-Talker: Wet Clay

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Merlin in the Tree: sculpture mix, still wet. I'll probably change the name of the mask by the time I finish forming, firing, and...

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sam Hamill's "The Gift of Tongues," the Generous Spirit, and PIracy

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THE GIFT OF TONGUES Everything I steal, I give away. Once, in pines almost as tall as these, same crescent moon sliding gently by, ...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Not That Nisus

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In the ninth book of his Aeneid, the Roman poet tells the tale of two friends, Nisus and Euryalus, who volunteer to deliver a message from ...

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Matt Duckworth: San Francisco; East Bay, CA, United States; Heed the reefs not yet charted Seek that green isle beyond design

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