Jeannie E. Roberts

Waves shift

activate

appear

in intervals

like dominoes

flow

in recurrent display.

As liquidity cycles

fractality unfolds

minerals rest

beneath buoyancy.

Encircled by atomic theory

and quantum mechanics

my hope recurs

in periodicity

as atomic orbitals

build

repeat

electron configurations.

In chemical drenches

and elemental curls

my molecular mass

attempts to fathom

the submicroscopic actions

of electrons in matter

here

my hope repeats

in predictable variations of marvel.

Jeannie E. Roberts has authored six books, including The Wingspan of Things (Dancing Girl Press), Romp and Ceremony (Finishing Line Press), Beyond Bulrush (Lit Fest Press), and Nature of it All (Finishing Line Press). She is also author and illustrator of Rhyme the Roost! A Collection of Poems and Paintings for Children (Daffydowndilly Press, an imprint of Kelsay Books) and Let's Make Faces! (author-published). She is poetry editor of the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs. When she’s not reading, writing, or editing, you can find her drawing and painting, or outdoors photographing her natural surroundings.