Mark J. Halliday Poet Prose

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I took several classes in Lapidary and Jewelry Making at Monterey Peninsula College a few years ago.  Several pieces I made were from various types of Jade, mostly in white, black, and blue-green  colors.  I also enjoyed making necklaces with sterling silver wire, which I think I once wrote about--probably in a piece called Silver.

My Fingernails Will Grow Back

Big Sur Jade Cabochon

Broken from off underwater cliffs
Slowly pushed by tides and currents
Found by me during a low tide
While searching along Jade Cove
In Los Padres National Forest
Cut into quarter to half-inch slabs
The cut again into an octagon
The octagon grinds down to an oval
A flat surface down to concave
Grounded first with coarse wheels
Then again with finer wheels
Buffed and polished to a high sheen
With powdered sapphires
A new Big Sur Jade Cabochon

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Skat A December 29, 2015 at 5:16 PM MARK, Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups home page during the last week of 2015 and beginning of 2016 :) awesome way to start the year... Enjoy the coming Year.... SKAT Mark J. Halliday December 29, 2015 at 11:46 PM Thanks Skat. May 2016 find you healthier, happier, and more prosperous than the last several years combined!