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For Contest of Constance La France's J With Four Options Poetry Contest

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"The days are jewels, keep them with care". Jackie Kennedy

    Aquamarine were summers with siblings 
      beneath skies of blue riding bikes or swimming.
        Days of emerald too were times we spent outside -
barefoot on our lawn, badminton rackets in hand.
      We’d stroll past Grandpa’s cornfield down the country lane
        searching for raspberries to pluck.
Such awesome times of jade were games we played outside.

Rose quartz I collected as romantic daydreams.
    Stories I read in books (depending on their plot)
      glittered like gems of amethyst or citrine. 
Pearls were winter weekends spent sledding or skating
        but diamonds were holidays with family.

Opal’s shifting colors were my school days.
        Slumber parties glistened an iridescent pink.  
      With my sisters I'd talk into black onyx nights
    and chase summer’s fireflies that shimmered peridot.

Most fondly of all do I recall first love.
      Red ruby’s passion set my heart aglow.
    No other memories have shone more brightly than
        the precious jewels of my youth.

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Date: 8/21/2025 2:25:00 AM
Congratulations on your top win, this was inspired!
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Date: 8/20/2025 8:34:00 AM
Heartiest congratulations dear poetess on your top win in this contest with a lovely poem on memories of childhood days streaming before the eyes like a film with a display of jewels one more shining than the other. Wish you a sparkling day filled with light.
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Date: 8/19/2025 9:05:00 PM
Andrea, congratulations on your win in my J With Four Options contest. Your poem is beautiful and I love the quote and image, Constance
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Date: 8/19/2025 3:13:00 PM
Congratulations! all those jewels have their meanings, in your youth, nothing is compared to red ruby ... Blessings, M.
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Date: 8/19/2025 2:51:00 PM
Back to congratulations on your win!
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Date: 8/19/2025 1:32:00 PM
Back with congratulations on your winning work. Way to go. Sara K
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Date: 8/19/2025 12:05:00 PM
- Congratulations on your top win, Andrea :) - A lovely poem :) - hugs
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Date: 8/19/2025 11:30:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write. Have a blessed day with your win.......
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Date: 8/19/2025 11:11:00 AM
Congratulations on your win, Andrea. Memories are truly like the precious gems in our lives. Blessings to you.
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Date: 8/19/2025 9:55:00 AM
Your words weave a tapestry, bright and clear, with subtle gems scattered like stars in the night sky. It sparkles, shines, radiates. Congratulations on your trophy win, Andrea
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Date: 8/5/2025 9:28:00 PM
Yes, memories are so precious-like jewels! A lovely poem, Andrea. :)
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Date: 8/5/2025 6:13:00 AM
I like Jackie Kennedy's line that is quoted. Our days are jewels and how many times have we said we will be glad when this day is over. I enjoyed reading your colorful jewel laden work. Thanks for sharing it with us. It reads like a good contender to me. Way to go. Sara K
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Date: 8/5/2025 12:52:00 AM
Andrea, You composed a creative, concise and illuminating piece with your discrete dispersal of jewel references. It glistens, gleams, glows. Howard
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Date: 8/4/2025 10:26:00 PM
Well done Andrea I’ve missed your poetry! :)
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Date: 8/4/2025 1:38:00 PM
Love how you made use of your jewels to illustrate your mwmories! Lovely! Since my birthstone is… “ Opal’s shifting colors were my school days.” Hugs, Andrea!
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Date: 8/4/2025 10:16:00 AM
Your poem is a tender tableau of memory, longing, and identity—each gem-chapter casting a kaleidoscope of color across a youthful life. It’s emotionally coherent, symbolically resonant, and elegantly structured. You invite the reader to collect their own “jewels of youth,” and in doing so, make nostalgia into something shimmering and precious.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/4/2025 10:56:00 AM
Thanks, Jay
Date: 8/4/2025 9:48:00 AM
Andrea, sent you a soupmail ~
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Date: 8/4/2025 5:57:00 AM
Simply lovely! Wonderful idea....! A beautifully crafted poem. I am sure this will have a top placement. This goes into my FAVE.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/4/2025 11:00:00 AM
wow, thanks
Date: 8/4/2025 4:41:00 AM
Very beautiful, and reminiscent of most forks on some level of early development. Well done. Enchantingly expressed. You get a FAV from me. Colors, minerals, scents vistas, they are inside of us as well as outside -- every one of us is an individualized part of the entire wondrous mystery of creation. Separation of any form, is only an illusion of consciousness...during deep, mystic prayer, such flares of realization crystalize, burst into stars of enfolding light, bathing us with divine presence and a profound sense of Almighty relationship. This is why we are able to write so passionately about such extemporaneous nature in very personal, deeply connected ways.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/4/2025 10:56:00 AM
thanks so much. I wasn't sure if I did such a good job as I tried to do.
Date: 8/4/2025 3:07:00 AM
The best poet of all. Great comparisons. Hugs
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Date: 8/4/2025 1:54:00 AM
Oh! wow, I never though about jewels like this before!.
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Date: 8/3/2025 4:00:00 PM
Shiny write! Let me read it again :-) so I may add to this line. Wonderful poem! Have a nice day ~ hugs AA
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Date: 8/3/2025 2:44:00 PM
Very, very lovely, Andrea. This I very much enjoyed! :) john
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