Concerning the Stone -- Gregory Orr

[1947–current, American]

The stone went out, dressed as a man.
At the party, the stone danced.
Late at night in the park, the stone
pressed its mouth to the damp earth.
The stone did not cry, but periodically
the gray bowls of its hands would fill with tears.
It carried a stick to beat away
the clouds. It carried a mirror
to remind itself. Having seen the woman once,
the stone could not close the wound
or make it speak.

Source: Magill, FN (ed.), 1992, Critical Survey Of Poetry, Salem Press, USA, p. 2518.