The pool is edged with the blade-like leaves of irises. If I throw a stone into the placid water It suddenly stiffens Into rings and rings Of sharp gold wire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON PLAYING SOMEONE ELSE'S PIANO by KAREN SWENSON THE ENEMY'S PORTRAIT by THOMAS HARDY HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |