A sestude of thanks

We’re asking everybody to send us sestudes. That’s 62-word reflections on treasures from the V&A. We’ll then publish them on the website.

Sylvie Saunders sent us this. Not a sestude about an object at the V&A. Sylvie’s already written one of those about a vase. This one’s about 26 Treasures… 

A sestude of thanks

These hallowed halls of marble have been a fitting home.
A graceful introduction for the sculpted words we’ve honed.
Up the stairs and through, to rooms less travelled -
Rooms of hidden treasures, waiting to be marvelled.
Discovering candlesticks and lacquered tables,
Admiring the bed of beds and sleepy fables.

But now let us reclaim our tongues,
Continuing on the trail begun.