The stone skips smoothly Across the water's surface Sending out ripple after ripple From each place it kissed Along its path to the middle Of the river where it stopped Sinking slowly beneath waves To rest in the deep dark Weathering away in peace
A response to Whismy Gizmo‘s quadrille prompt at d’Verse using the word stone.
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Your words conjure such a peaceful scene.
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Excellent, it’s what I was trying to channel
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A stone “kissing” the water? Yes, please! I love this.
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Thank you! And thank you for the prompt l!
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Beautifully done. Such great images in your poem.
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You gave me an idea for a future spin off poem. Thanks!
Dwight
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You have to make sure it spins enough to skip.
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I will do my best!
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Lovely poem.
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Thank you
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You took me along with the stone. Nicely done.
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What a beautiful image of the stone kissing the water’s surface!
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I really like “weathering away”, Tom… at first I thought it was “withering away” and then I thought… that doesn’t make sense… and I read it again.
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David
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Given my proclivity for proofing errors, it’s a justified response. But in this case I was picturing the waves slowly wearing it away to nothing.
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you’ve taken me back to my boy days.. i loved doing exactly what your poem vividly describes
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It’s such a common childhood experience. I grew up on the shore, so used to skip oyster shells
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Almost like a human life, we skip along, making some ripples before we sink and are gone.
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