Sandra Haight Poet Blank verse

Platinum

You are the rarest and the heaviest
Of all our precious metals here on Earth…
Your sisters, Gold and Silver, are stockpiled...
But you are not...in case supply runs low.

To generate one ounce of you we need
Ten tons of ore and five months’ processing.
Outstanding jewelers, like Cartier,
Famed Faberge, plus Tiffany, create
Their jewelry designs in Platinum.

They turned you into lavish settings that
Secure some famous diamonds like the Hope,
Jonker and Koh-I-Noor. Your surface can
Be scratched, but unlike sisters Silver and
Pure Gold, there is no Platinum that’s lost.
 
You are the rarest and most valued one...
Each year we mine one hundred thirty tons,
To Gold’s one thousand seven hundred plus.
Our Platinum…rare metal of our Earth.


© Sandra M. Haight 2014 
   All Rights Reserved

~NA~
Contest: Periodic Table Elements
Sponsor: Anthony Slausen
Judged: 01/06/2015

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Paul Callus December 30, 2014 at 11:39 AM Your are very well informed on the subject, Sandra. I was tempted to try my luck in this contest, but seem to be stuck in lots of letters and numbers! Your entry encourages me to try anew:) // paul Sandra Haight December 30, 2014 at 3:13 PM Thank you so much, Paul. Actually, I did not know much about Platinum...but the Internet is amazing to find out what you don't know. In the old days, we'd have to make a trip to the library!! Anyway, thanks again for all your great comments and support. Again, Happy New Year to you and yours. Sandra

Jan Allison December 29, 2014 at 2:53 PM very descriptive informative write Sandra - good luck in the contest:-) Hugs jan xxx Sandra Haight December 30, 2014 at 3:14 PM Thank you, Jan. As I commented to Paul above, thank goodness for the Internet! Hugs, Sandra