Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POOL, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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THE POOL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What has fallen into my heart
Last Line: Through night's bars.'
Subject(s): Hearts; Lakes; Night; Stars; Pools; Ponds; Bedtime


'What has fallen into my heart?'
Said the pool.
(It was the sky.)
'Blue it is, and very cool,
Blue and brave and beautiful;
And never a ripple waving from it
Makes me sigh.'

'What has fallen into my heart?'
Came again.
(It was the stars.)
'Purple followed the blue, and then
Softly -- though I knew not when --
Twinklings of gold, dropping silently
Through night's bars.'





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