Large 40cm x 20cm stoneware, lilac glaze. Engraved with love poem "Ladybird" ; ladybird

we gathered ourselves in / as the afternoon café dilated / cigarettes and aftershave conspired / to bring the winged messenger / our ladybird tickling lifes edges / ready to fly fly away / home to a tiny kiss in a huge world / and a hug to hold back hells fire