WEN: B5FC46
Exhibitor Name: Lauren de Vore
Division: Poetry (Adults)
Class: 01 Poetry
The Gems I Prize by Lauren de Vore What need have I of diamonds icy bright, Of pearls or moonstones pale with captured light When o’er my head the starry sky’s ablaze With gemfire timeless yet new born each night? Instead of sapphires, I have Steller’s jays That flit through branches leafed in emerald baize, In peridot and jade of richest hue. I’ve turquoise skies at noon, at sunset rays Of ruby, citrine, gold, and dawn’s first gaze Shines amethyst alight in silver dew. How can mere stones, though lovely, rare, have worth When they are naught but bits of compressed earth? The gems I prize are nature’s giveaways, Those prism’d tokens of each day’s rebirth.
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