Bricks are arranged in a number of ways
which hearken one back to earlier days.
The patterns have names which masons are fond
of referring to as a certain “Bond.”
Herringbone, Rat-trap, English and Running
Stretcher and Basket, but Flemish is stunning.
A layer of brick is known as a “wythe”
How thick is a wall? Maybe three or five?
How thick is a brick? The wythes man was asked:
It depends on the brick, you stupid ass.
which hearken one back to earlier days.
The patterns have names which masons are fond
of referring to as a certain “Bond.”
Herringbone, Rat-trap, English and Running
Stretcher and Basket, but Flemish is stunning.
A layer of brick is known as a “wythe”
How thick is a wall? Maybe three or five?
How thick is a brick? The wythes man was asked:
It depends on the brick, you stupid ass.
Naoiwrimo pointed me towards your masonry poem, which I really like. Here's mine, written for PAD November challenge:
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A bent old Highlander
taught a willing acolyte:
Ne’er set a stane
above a stane,
but put ane abin twa.
Sixty years on,
the white-haired student
remembered this ancient wisdom,
used what he’d learned
to build a stone house,
bonny and solid.
Nice poem Viv. I'm trying to write a poem about masonry every day this month, I spend very little time on them, and it shows!
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