an artist who paints
a naked woman
a naked man
or even a naked chicken
is a nude artist

an artist who is naked
is not always a nude artist

an artist is what an artist does
an artist is not what an artist is

if you are a nude artist
you may put your clothes on

-Suchoon Mo,
Frog Mantra, © (2012) Accents Publishing

Suchoon Mo is a Korean War veteran and a retired academic living in the semiarid part of Colorado. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and taught at the University of Detroit and Colorado State University. He is the author of a number of scholarly papers and articles. His poems have been published in The Battered Suitcase, The Bitter Oleander, BlazeVOX, Dissident Editions, epiphany, Hobo Camp Review, Journal of Truth and Consequence, Lucid Rhythms, Mad Hatters’ Review, Message in a Bottle,The Muse, The Ranfurly Review,Segue, Spillway Review, The Tower Journal and others. His music compositions have also appeared in a number of publications.