River Stone Comments

Your poem brought to mind, my sons when younger and we'd take them fishing. They'd always discover a beautiful rock and place it in their pockets to bring home with them. They didn't throw them because that would scare the fish away! Have written a few poems on rocks, stones, pebbles, love looking at them below the water. Great poem. Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn

A Sonnet on the River Stone! I've never listened to the fate of a rock before, although I studied geology for a full year in college. (When I used the word stone in class, the teacher corrected me. We have rocks and minerals, no stones. Ever since then, I don't use the word stone.) You aptly animate the rock as a character, and give it a history. I like the way you did this without resorting to a weak personification. The rock retains its integrity as a natural object throughout. If I'm reading this right, someone tosses the rock to its strange new home at the end.