“Resilience” Post #6: “Steam”

TOM ZIMMERMAN

Steam

To grasp infinity in forceps
To hypothesize a hawk
To feel the motion of my blood
The tide that floods a microscope

Geometry of bones
Anatomy as catalyst

And I’m a walking hairy bag of water
Energy packed tight in me and boiling

Pouring in and floating out
The waters of my thought
So elementary
So elemental

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Tom Zimmerman is a WCC faculty member. His poem is a product of a science poetry workshop on Zoom on Saturday, November 6, as part of WCC’s “Super STEAM Saturday” series.

“Resilience” Post #5: “Microscope”

CAITLIN M. DICK-RUIZ    –Age 12 (almost 13)

Microscope

You can use a microscope to look at small things.

            A button

            Your finger

             A dog’s hair

But you can’t use a microscope to see things that other people see.

    

        New worlds. Hidden realms. Magical Civilizations. Lost heroes.

  Those things you need to use your heart for.

 

And even if you don’t see it; you can still make your own world.

 

 

 

 

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Caitlin M. Dick-Ruiz‘s poem is a product of a science poetry workshop on Zoom on Saturday, November 6, as part of WCC’s “Super STEAM Saturday” series.

 

“Resilience” Post #4: “Through The Eyes”

SUSAN DENTEL

Through The Eyes

 

The breathtaking motion and energy of a hawk

as it soars through the air and sometimes into the water.

Its forceps-like talons complete its perfect anatomy

allowing balance like geometry.

It’s keen eys like a microscope

hypothesizes animals and atoms alike

catalyzing its journey through infinity.

 

 

 

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Susan Dentel is a WCC faculty member. Her poem is a product of a science poetry workshop on Zoom on Saturday, November 6, as part of WCC’s “Super STEAM Saturday” series.