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target=_top><span class=smalltext><< go back</span></a></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> </csobj></td> </tr> </table> </div> <img src="../../images/01/gemsite_navbar_01.jpg" width="640" height="17" border="0"><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="640" bgcolor=white> <tr> <td valign=top width=21><br> </td> <td class=alltext colspan=5 valign=top width=619><br> <span class=alltext><font size="3"><b>Gemstone Poetry from arround the World<br> </b><i>Colored gemstones accompany mankind since the creation of the world.</i></font><i><br> <br> <br> </i></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="21"><br> </td> <td class="alltext" valign="top" width="200"><span class=alltext><img src=-poem-images/poems-illu.jpg alt= height=266 width=200 border=0></span></td> <td width=9><br> </td> <td colspan=3 valign=top width=410><span class=alltext>In different cultures and through historical times, colored gemstones were used as milestones to mark every event from birth to death . People used gemstones as a tool to express joy or sorrow, secular or sacred events, day to day as well as special unique events. <br> <br> Authors and poets used gemstones, among other images of nature, to describe and express human phenomena and life.<br> <br> In this web site we are trying to show you this fascinating facet of the gemstone world: how poets and authors adorned their literature work with images taken from the colorful world of gemstones.<br> <br> ICA, being an international association, is trying to bring these poems, legends and stories in the original language in which these pieces were written in along, with an English translation.<br> <br> Enjoy the literature and gemstones.<br> <br> We will greatly appreciate if you <a href=mailto:kassifus@yahoo.com>contact us</a> and send any relevant information you may have.<br> <br> This page will be updated monthly.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="21"><br> </td> <td class="alltext" colspan="3" valign="top" width="409"> <p align="JUSTIFY"><br> <br> <img src="../../images/01/new-small1.gif" width="65" height="20" border="0" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4"><font size=3><b>Quotes from the Bible about gemstones</b></font><br> Quotes from Old and New Testament<br> <a href="bible/poem-bible-eng.html">english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href="bible/poem-bible-orig.html">hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><b><font size=3>You Are a Vision of an Agate, Dear</font></b><br> <span class=alltext>A poem by </span>Shaul Tchernichowsky<br> <a href="agate/poem-agate-eng.html">english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href="agate/poem-agate-orig.html">hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>Green Eyes</font> </b></span><br> <span class=alltext>A song by Yaffa Yarkony </span><br> <a href="greeneyes/poem-greeneyes-eng.html">english version</a> | <a href="greeneyes/poem-greeneyes-orig.html">hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><img src="../../images/01/new-small1.gif" width="65" height="20" border="0" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4"><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>The House in India</font></b></span><br> A Poem by Antonio Alvarez <br> <a href=alvarez/poem-alvarez-eng.html>english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href=alvarez/poem-alvarez-orig.html><span class=alltext>portuguese</span> version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>Twelve Facets of an Emerald</b></font><span class=alltext><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font></span>By Dan Pagis<span class=alltext><b> </b></span><br> <a href=danpagis/poem-danpagis-eng.html>english version</a> | <a href=danpagis/poem-danpagis-orig.html>hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>Israelite Maiden</b><br> <img src="../../images/01/new-small1.gif" width="65" height="20" border="0" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="4"></font>A Poem by Chaim N. Byalik <span class=alltext><b> </b></span><br> <a href=bialik/poem-bialik-eng.html>english version</a> | <a href=bialik/poem-bialik-orig.html>hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>Opal Lady</b></font><br> <span class=alltext>A poem</span><font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><span class=alltext> by Yehuda Kassif</span></font><br> <a href=opallady/poem-opallady-eng.html>english version<br> <br> </a></p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>Would I Own The Ruby</font> </b></span><br> <span class=alltext>A poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe </span><br> <a href="ruby/poem-ruby-eng.html">english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href="ruby/poem-ruby-orig.html">german version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>Lapis Lazuli</b></font><span class=alltext><font size=3><b> </b></font></span><span class=alltext><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font>A poem by </span>William Butler Yeats<span class=alltext> </span><br> <a href=yeats/poem-yeats-eng.html>english version<br> <br> </a></p> <p align=JUSTIFY><b><font size=3>Taj Mahal</font></b><span class=alltext><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font>A poem</span><font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><span class=alltext> by Yehuda Kassif</span></font><br> <a href="tajmahal/poem-tajmahal-eng.html">english version</a> | <a href="tajmahal/poem-tajmahal-orig.html">hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><b><font size=3>Wedding Diamonds</font></b><span class=alltext><font size=3><b><br> </b></font>A legend about creation of Gemstones</span><br> <a href=weddingdiamonds/poem-weddingdia-eng.html>english version</a> | <a href=weddingdiamonds/poem-weddingdia-orig.html>hebrew version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>The Emerald</font> </b></span><br> <span class=alltext>A poem by Pablo Neruda </span><br> <a href="neruda01/poem-neruda01-eng.html">english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href="neruda01/poem-neruda01-orig.html">spanish version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>Coming Home</font> </b></span><br> <span class=alltext>Two poems by Heinrich Heine </span><br> <a href="heine/poem-heine-eng.html">english version</a> <b>|</b> <a href="heine/poem-heine-orig.html">german version</a><br> <br> </p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>First time he kissed me ...</b></font><span class=alltext><font size=3><b> </b></font></span><span class=alltext><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font>A poem by </span>Elizabeth Barrett Browning<span class=alltext> </span><br> <a href=browning/poem-browning-eng.html>english version<br> <br> </a></p> <p align=JUSTIFY><font size=3><b>Poem LXXXIV</b></font><span class=alltext><font size=3><b> </b></font></span><span class=alltext><font size="3"><b><br> </b></font>A poem by </span>Emily Dickinson<span class=alltext> </span><br> <a href=dickinson/poem-dickinson-eng.html>english version<br> <br> </a></p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>Autumn Gems</font></b></span><br> <span class=alltext>A poem</span><font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><span class=alltext> by Yehuda Kassif</span></font><br> <a href=autumngems/poem-autumngems-eng.html>english version<br> <br> </a></p> <p align=JUSTIFY><span class=alltext><b><font size=3>A Gem of a day</font> </b>(Audio)<br> </span><span class=alltext><font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular>A Song by Oren Eliezri based on a poe</font></span><font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><span class=alltext>m by Y. 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