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Perhaps I am simple I love simple things Glass, blown or slubbed Crystal or colored Cobalt Emerald Cranberry Rose Sparkling in sunlight Catching the flame These simple pleasures Bring me joy As much as any gem Exception, the Opal Begins life as water Seeps into stone Becomes over time Fire within water Shadow of aeons Life within stone Water gone solid As solid as glass, and as fragile 4Apr2002
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Jun 18, 2015
Jun 18, 2015 at 3:56 PM UTC
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Perhaps I am simple I love simple things Glass, blown or slubbed Crystal or colored Cobalt Emerald Cranberry Rose Sparkling in sunlight Catching the flame These simple pleasures Bring me joy As much as any gem Exception, the Opal Begins life as water Seeps into stone Becomes over time Fire within water Shadow of aeons Life within stone Water gone solid As solid as glass, and as fragile 4Apr2002
I wrote this poem after collecting shells and beach glass one afternoon. Opals are my birth stone and have long been favorites. I have read this poem in public many times but this is the first time it appears in print.
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Jun 18, 2015
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