The whaling sun falls to the sea of wrath The sky burns gray and black Krakens and monsters alike spread their tendrils The thunder a cry for lost sailors Ships of rain sail for the earth They hunger for the lands salvation Some find their home The safe harbors of...
On my way to school that day, I ran over a baby bird. His little bones crunched like dry spaghetti and I back-pedaled to see the corpse Oh, to flagellate myself a thousand times for what I’d done! Inconsolable wailing in the morning and a blotchy face in PE. The dead...
My hands on half-turned pages, my shoulder hugs the plaster side of the endless hollow hallways luminous with fluorescent light. Just outside the sun’s embrace in this empty insulated space. It’s so late that even rain comes tapping at the door, wandering, looking for...
Dark blue night life. The rusty glow of the streetlights. Grimy, musty, icy Until the warmth from your basement Melts me. It takes me until I am liquified To notice my drumming heart and- I’m crowded. Will they see Me as Phony Like the smile I’m wearing. You ask me...
Look upon a simple leaf. See the gold green gashes upon the surface. The scars of its life, each has a story. Hear the wistful winds that weaken the grasp. A falling leaf it now becomes. A graceful fall it shall venture. But the journey ends, as it’s caught by the...
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...
