by Dawn Wood (b. 1963)

Chalcedony
Language: English 
On the wintry shingle, waxy chalcedony,
with a pocket of absent calcite,
your iron-tight hold on a honey glow;
on the lonely shore you might have stayed,
but your diamond-shape of agate
catches my eye.

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