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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOREST POOL, by GRACE BLAINE
First Line: In a remote, green recess of the forest
Last Line: Of nature's cup, the forest pool.
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
First Line: In a remote, green recess of the forest
Last Line: Of nature's cup, the forest pool.
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
In a remote, green recess of the forest,
Lies a still, deep pool
Whose emerald depths
Mirror cloud shadows across the moon,
Or prove an inland sea
For fairy boats, the russet leaves
Of a tall, proud oak.
Wild eyes have looked into
This selfsame pool.
Soft, padded feet have paused
Beside its depths
Or perchance a deer whose dainty hoofs
Have hither strayed,
To quench her thirst just at the dawn,
When still, gray shadows flee
Before the coming day,
Or in the deepest, midnight darkness
She quietly stole here to refresh herself,
From the deep, green depths
Of Nature's cup, the forest pool.
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