Friday, August 16, 2013

A Star Blue Sapphire

                                                                           Attribution: Mitchell Gore
Image: A Star Blue Sapphire
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Precious stones beauty
enhanced in vividness, shades
and various colors

Accentuated
Star of India is largest
known blue sapphire

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #273 with prompt - sapphire

10 comments:

  1. Knew the India fact, saw that on a tv act

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  2. nice...it is a beautiful stone.....
    have a ring with one...

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  3. A lovely poem to match this stone!

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  4. Selamat hari raya, maaf zahir batin Hank. Enjoyed your poem, very fitting and lovely.

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    1. Lisa Ma'am,
      Thanks and Selamat Hari Raya to you too! Regret couldn't access your blog lately.

      Hank

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  5. lovely haiku for 'sapphire' ~ thanks for info too ~ carol, xo

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  6. Such beauty in the natural stones of the earth. What a lovely name for the largest sapphire:)

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  7. What a beauty Hank. I didn't know that fact about Sapphire. Thank you.

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