Antiques and Jewels: A Winning Poem!

Here is a jewel of a poem submitted for the 'Antiques and Jewels' writing challenge on January 9. Congratulations gaye gambell-peterson! She comments, with her submission, "Who knew this photo would inspire a love song, ... this tiny wedge of a poem?" Indeed.

We approach our wedding anniversary

a matched pair

replendent and oh-so golden. We

are reflective, proud and tall. We

dare expose our incandescence

to scrutiny's glare, our dazzle

undimmed even as

our glaze crackles, peels.

We're trying to cope

by envisioning smooth,

by ignoring

any unpluggedness.

So, side by side, we

are sitting pretty,

as always-

here together.

And there,

waiting :

a door,

open.

by gaye gambell-peterson

Thanks again to AAA Antiques (Peoria, Ill.) for the great photos.