Stone on Water
after Adelaide Crapsey
stone skips across the pond small waves ripple out
water calms stone sinks slowly
bubbles rise break the surface
light catches water’s edge stone’s dark shape below
I took Adelaide Crapsey's focus on concise, direct language and her use of natural imagery to capture a moment of insight, and applied it to a small, concrete scene of a stone skipping on water. Her emphasis on simple, concrete words guided my choice of diction.