More Guest Reflections in Poetry

Rock Balancing


              Composing a poem
        is a bit like balancing rocks
                  on top 
              of each other.

 Change order the words it of and work doesn't well as.

              Interchange
                          the rocks
        and          they
             don't
  balance                          at

     all.


        A poem helps one find the way
        like a cairn on a scree-covered slope.

        The poet delights in 
        unlikely associations;
        a thoughtful lattice,
        an unquestioned wing.

        The rock artist excites
        in boldly balancing
        a large top-heavy rock
        upon a little one.

        Has anyone else
Composed
        The poetry
        Of rock-balancing?

         
       Balancing Learner Scott Lewis Wachenheim