we exalt the crescent’s
reflection
the surety
of gravity’s hand
but gravity and reflection
are explanations
how useful
is knowledge
to a grain
on the mountainside
in the wind?

Kenton K. Yee has recently placed poetry in Plume Poetry, Matter, Ligeia Magazine, Pembroke Magazine, Hollins Critic, and Tipton Poetry Journal, among others. An Iowa Summer Poetry Workshop alumnus and theoretical physicist by day, Kenton divides his time between northern California and an undisclosed location.