mand

May 06, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Treasures of nature

Light drips a prism forest
Stolen from the spectrum maze
Flecked with hematite and opal
Flashing gems that amaze.

Scattering silver droplets
Winking on dangling vines
Reflecting in the bromeliads
Where the tree frog dines.

Deftly painting butterflies
Displaying dots and dashes
Flickering in the sunlit streams
Iridescent splashes.

Shafting through the canopy
Piercing into hidden glooms
Catching green armoured beetles
Amongst the orchid blooms.

Bathing clear winged dragonflies
Dusted with indicolite
Skimming amid the leafy pools
Flirting in the limelight.

Treasures of natural wonder
Delighting the human race
The greatest wonder of them all?
This jewel in outer space.

— mand, May 06, 2010

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Critiques

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

How wonderful this jewel,

How wonderful this jewel, how wonderful your poem! ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Thank you for commenting

Thank you for commenting Kailashana, it's hard to put into words how wonderful nature and the world is. The world truly is full of treasures and wonders. I like your quote it is so true. Thanks once again for commenting. Love Mand

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks Eph, Sorry I

Thanks Eph, Sorry I haven't been on line very much, I've been ill and life is a bit hectic, I hope everyone is o.k. I'll try and get on line more often. I appreciate your comments very much, your like a ray of sunshine. Keep safe. Love Mand

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks Licia, and I enjoyed

Thanks Licia, and I enjoyed your poem to, it's great to be back and it's lifted my spirits reading everyones poems. Love Mand.

magics02

16 years 1 month ago

Great poem Mand

I went for the stroll with this one and I loved the imagery your words portrayed. I am also happy to see your face back Mand as I missed you and your works. I hope also that you are feeling better soon and keep with your essence of beautiful words. Love and hugs at ya Mona TIME well spent is TIME well lived

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks Mona your words are

Thanks Mona your words are very encouraging, I have problems with one of my eyes - ( the coldsore virus has somehow managed to settle in my eye - that's why I were sunglasses ) I wont go into details but it can cause a great deal of problems, fortunatley it's not active all the time, anyway enough about me my problems are minuscule in comparison to other peoples. It's just lovely to be back. I love your comment about time and I'm looking forward to reading everyones poetry. Love Mand xxx

xena465

16 years 1 month ago

WoW Mand

Superb. It's so good to see you on Neo again. Sorry about your eye and it's very noble of you to say that others are worse off than you. You say you find it hard to put into words how you love nature? I can't see that in your writing...Brilliant. Rosina xena465

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks Rosina! I do love our

Thanks Rosina! I do love our planet and nature it's hard to do it justice in words, anyway it is lovely to hear from, and it's great to be reading everyones poems again. Thanks for commenting. Love Mand

shirley harrison

16 years 1 month ago

I'm here!

So cathrine zeta jones is not the most beautiful thing from wales! i am so glad i have got around to reading your work,its well worth the visit i will be back.... Wonderful poem. much love i hope your spirits rise with us! shirley harrison

mand

16 years 1 month ago

Hi Shirley, Thank you for

Hi Shirley, Thank you for your lovely comments. Yes Cathrine - me buddie - I believe, has a house in Mumbles, about 20 miles ish away - I must visit her soon. lol I love your comment at the end, very encouaraging - makes me feel all gooey. Look forward to reading your poetry to. Keep safe Love Mand

shirley harrison

16 years 1 month ago

Mumbles Thats not very Hollywood!!!

Ah i will wait to see if you like it Mine that is, if you have been unwell lately i am so sorry to hear it, but i will advise what to read to cheer you up! Paddy mcGee 1 and 2, The divine comedy of the mother inlaw, oh im not going to say any more look at those ones and you will feel so much better. Much love to you, its always wonderful to feel close to home! shirley harrison

Nordic cloud

16 years ago

you have magnified natures treasure here for us to see

Ann of Norway And if one looks very closely, or with a magnifying glass at the butterfly's wings, they are "pointilliste" they are dots the most beautiful tiny dots, just like almost all pigmented nature is and you have magnified natures treasure here for us to see and feel and experience, even if we were indoors a long way from the wilds, you did it so well that we hear and sense their presence in your words, well done mand, so beautiful you are. Love Ann. Indicolite ... and ...Electrum I didn't completely understand but that's probably just my ignorance!

mand

16 years ago

Hi AnnThank you for your

Hi Ann Thank you for your lovely comments. It seems that there are gems all around us both human and in nature, the earth is an amazing place. Dusted with Indicolite - I was trying to convey the idea that a dragonsflies wings are clear but has a dusting of glittery blue - probably didn't have quite the effect I wanted. Electrum rays, referring to shafts of light. Originally this stanza was placed after the first stanza but my husband said it didn't work because there was to many ays. Any suggestions would be useful, would it make any difference if I took it out? Thanks again Ann I appreciate you coming by. Love Mand