Poems: from jewels, jades, jacinth gems

O to find things from mere clues and sketches, Poems, as pearls prospected from ocean, From a dense rain forest, rarest of trees, To explore depth is not a pied passion. Search of poetic gems is scarce shallow, Let an average search rest at the rim, But truth lies buried deep at depths below, Alas, the patience melts right at the brim. It’s no easy search seeking a poem, Too many of them, little time to reach Gems at the core from the hallowed ho hum, Few love the depths from a much-fancied beach. Oh, from scores of nick necks, the no-good them, From fine, carved stones to pick a precious gem. ___________________________ Sonnets | 02.06.14 | poems, jewels/gems Poet’s note: This sonnet is born of a dilemma: There are scores of poems to choose from. No doubt there are jewels-- jades and jacinth gems among them. But there too are artificial pearls and stones. And there is too little time, too brief an attention span to persist.