I find that diamonds are like ice.
Cold, hard and colourless.
But only diamonds will suffice
when you are trying to impress.
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I would say this was a 'diamond' of a poem. A wonderful explanation and a gem to read. Excellent write. Love and hugs Ernestine XXX
Perhaps they earned the nicname 'ice' because they express no true warmth, but rather implicate status. Well expressed Ivor. Thanks (I prefer Baroque Pearls there seems some lesson to be drawn from beauty born of the poor molusk's suffering.)