Skipping Stones on Water
A pond
With the reflection of the physical world in it
Has two girls
By one side
Chatting about each other’s love affair
The vivacious 24-year-old
Flings her arm
A stone
Adroitly
Skips four or five times on the water
Each rippling circle spreads out, crosses each other
And finally breaks each other
The soft 18-year-old
Throws her arm too
A stone
Directly
goes into the heart of the pond
A rippling circle emerges
The stone lies at the bottom of the pond
While the circle spreads out to all four sides
In the reflection
The early rosy clouds are flaming
The blue sky
About this poem
The poem, one of my love-themed writings liked and highly regarded by many readers, is from my poetry collection "Inspiration from Nature," published in 2021. It is about the people's outlook on love affairs.
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Submitted by Yingcai on April 19, 2022
Modified on March 09, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | axxxx bxCdeee bxCdaxax xxx |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 578 |
| Words | 112 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 8, 3 |
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