July 2008 QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir, Submitted by Dana Dizon, Richmond High School

Miniscule Beauty
 
By Gabriel Abinante
St Ignatius HS
San Francisco, CA

Countless particles fill my vision
gleaming, shimmering, glistening wetly in the sun.
At a distance, bleak, bland,
up close, a shattered rainbow of color,
broken and scattered across the ground.
Jagged edges and smooth sides
facets, faces, and flawless spheres
every shape, every form represented
carved, broken, and ground out
by waves full of power and grace.