The Great Flood ~ Carter Cavaliere

Apr 27, 2023 | Poetry

My life is a faucet I can’t turn off. When I’m satisfied with the water, that makes my tub my tub, I cannot stop the overflow and its propensity for change. All I can do is hold a small pool between my small hands and hold it close as the gaps in my fingers betray me....

Music-Infused Poetry of Adrian Matejka

Mar 23, 2023 | 2023, Blog, Music, Poetry

By Claire Williams, Poetry Editor ~ Award-winning poet and current “Poetry Magazine” editor Adrian Matejka visited Penn State as Fisher Family Writer-in-Residence during the week of March 20, and KLIO staffers thought this would be a great occasion to...

For My Father ~ Brittany Fisher

Apr 28, 2022 | Poetry

Brittany Fisher is a second year student at University Park studying corporate innovation and entrepreneurship. Her biggest inspiration is Shell Silverstein who inspired her black and white hand drawings alongside her poems. Alongside poetry writing she is a...

Morning Bells ~ Leah Hutchinson

Apr 28, 2022 | Poetry

  Bring the bountiful beauty of a new day, As the light bestowed upon me, I rest. The butterflies billowing in the breeze, As to sample some sweet nectar, they hope. The sky but a bright baby blue, As if rebirth is to be promised. Bring back these blissful...

I Hope You’ve Got Corn ~ Kira Soricelli

Apr 28, 2022 | Poetry

For my Grandfather I imagine you Picking me up from school In that old, gray pickup You used to tell me could conquer the world. I imagine you Pulling over to the side of the road Next to the vast, bright cornfields, Smiling at me like I was about to be embarrassed. I...