When Clay Sings

Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect Every piece of clay is a piece of someones life, they say. And the children try to imagine those lives that took place in the desert they think of as their own.Clay has its own small voice, and sings. Its song has lasted for thousands of years. And Byrd Baylors prosepoem as simple and powerful as the clay pots, sings too.