August 2022 | poems by culturing

Too PlayfulThe poem grows from the same place

Thinking DeeplyI have been to the place

The Ground is LavaLate one morning, I ventured

Such Surprises Must BeThe way scientists mishandle surprises,

Mingled BeingWhat is it that calls for children?

Lady in the RainEvening mistful after rain,

Hitler's BunkerAmericans closing in, after ravaging

Feet of RainYou learn the way but the way changes.

At SeaOnce in awhile, despite expectations,

AletheianSome do not wish to join the project of empire,

On this rockOn this rock,

CraftsmanThe craftsman in this body

The New FrontierIt is and it is not, and, therefore, is.