Sunday, December 13, 2015

A Grain of Sand


sand grains multiplied 110 - 250 times
photo copyright Dr. Gary Greenberg

Each grain of sand unique,
we walk, unaware, on jeweled beauty.
If a lowly sand-grain 
harbours such loveliness,
how much more, the human eye,
the human smile,
the human heart?

for Kerry's prompt at Real Toads: In a Grain of Sand ~ Micro Poetry
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23 comments:

  1. CloudiaDecember 13, 2015 at 11:44 AM

    Your words are fine and bright as sand on a tropic beach!






    Warm ALOHA,
    ComfortSpiral

    (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_('')

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  2. HannahDecember 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM

    Oh, wow...Sherry, this is absolutely magical...I love the comparisons that you make in the end...jewels indeed.

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  3. SusanDecember 13, 2015 at 3:49 PM

    Yes. How much more? Beautiful!

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  4. grapelingDecember 13, 2015 at 4:44 PM

    just what I needed today, Sherry ~

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  5. JimDecember 13, 2015 at 6:51 PM

    We also walk side by side, unaware or uncaring of the other's beauty. Eye, smile, and heart, things of beauty or pretty gross couple of body parts and one influencable by the indifferent slob.
    ..

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  6. Other MaryDecember 13, 2015 at 7:32 PM

    What a wonderful thought. Thanks for making me remember to wonder at the little things.

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  7. GailDecember 13, 2015 at 7:46 PM

    So very true and beautifully written.

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  8. Gillena CoxDecember 13, 2015 at 10:09 PM

    only a keen spirit can see the beauty
    in the ordinary

    Thanks Sherry for dropping in to read mine

    much love..

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  9. Sumana RoyDecember 13, 2015 at 11:15 PM

    ah...beautiful Sherry...

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  10. MargaretDecember 13, 2015 at 11:32 PM

    Yes, we often give as much thought to the people about us... We need to become more aware - it's easy to not notice. Great reminder.

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  11. brudbergDecember 14, 2015 at 1:05 AM

    The uniqueness and the similarity... we need to handle that well..

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  12. Debi SwimDecember 14, 2015 at 3:01 AM

    Beautiful epiphany... I guess it is because we look superficially at each other or even that we don't want variety but carbon copies of ourselves.

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  13. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 3:07 AM

    So much magnitude we miss with our level gaze!

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  14. Kerry O'ConnorDecember 14, 2015 at 4:22 AM

    I think too much beauty goes unobserved.

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  15. OutlawyerDecember 14, 2015 at 5:07 AM

    This is super pretty--I am not sure the human eye and heart can stand up to it--No, I'm just being negative--not about the poem--which is lovely--but about people sometimes! Thank you, Sherry. k.

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  16. Magaly GuerreroDecember 14, 2015 at 6:56 AM

    Love the phrase "on jeweled beauty". It implies so many different things... The beauty can be embellished by the jewellery... or, perhaps, the jewels are just there to cover something that isn't so pretty.

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  17. Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)December 14, 2015 at 8:03 AM

    Sparkling ❤️

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  18. Myrna R.December 14, 2015 at 8:06 AM

    Wow, I really appreciate the picture. And your poem accompanies it into the beauty that is in us and surrounds us. Thank you Sherry, for reminding us of this.

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  19. Bekkie SanchezDecember 14, 2015 at 8:52 AM

    Indeed! It's amazing the things we're blind to that are right in front of us.

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  20. Dr. Vandana SharmaDecember 15, 2015 at 12:42 AM

    Lovely:)

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  21. Yvonne OsborneDecember 15, 2015 at 4:23 AM

    And hard to imagine that each grain could be different. Are they?

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  22. MarianDecember 16, 2015 at 3:30 AM

    How much!

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  23. MaryDecember 17, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Yes!

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