murano's passion　

ancient furnaces kindle and crackle

red hot silica phials glow and bubble

charged in a melody of art and charisma

molten glass flows slowly sipping hue

caressed by puffs of blower’s exhaling

murano’s glass shops an enduring cult

sensuous art a millennium practicing

beauty in form and mystique alluring

here Aventurine art form saw its birth

black art is alive, love of creativity hover

quartz, gold spar championed technique

renderings lusted after and cherished

art form lavished with devilish heat

in the streets peerless artisans crafting

secrets respectfully held for generations

revealed in blower’s occult rites of passage

be it bead or vase the passion is innate

captive of the chill and will of the glass

technique moves deft touches of beauty

in murano reverence walks winding streets

in Venice’s shadow islands lay just claim

here seated is the glass blowers domain

10/31/2010