The Jeweler

by Gonzalinho da Costa

 

Afternoon is a jeweler

Setting hours in gold,

As silver glinting waves

Slap the garnet shore.

 

Gonzalinho da Costa—a pen name—teaches at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Makati City, Philippines. He is a management research and communication consultant. A lover of world literature, he has completed three humanities degrees and writes poetry as a hobby.