Thou dost not doubt: Two entities gravitate, breaking bounds to meet solemnly. Thine eyes bore down, advocating for a pure understanding...
EXPLORE SPRINGFIRE
Poetry
Inspired by Muriel Rukeyser’s Wall of Poetry at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, Springfire has a space for all students and staff to express complex ideas and emotions through the musicality, imagery, flow, and precise diction of poetry. Here, we see a variety of forms, from free verse to odes, rhyming quatrains, couplets, and sestets, all exemplifying the inspiring creative work of Rock Hill High School Bearcats!
LATEST WORK
We Real Cool
The stair watchersEleven on the tenth floor We stand guard. Wetough tall. We Maneuver most. WeSlowly coast. We Smoke steadily. WeBreathe...
Perishing and Corruption
As he walked around campus while it was abandoned and lonely made him think about how everyone has different lives, broken hearts, and...
My Lost Love
Feeling all the pain the way it’s kickin’ Feelin’ all the pain the way it's kickin’ Missing the way papa used to talk to them. Looking...
An Ode to Water
Such an important source for life on this planet we call Earth The sounds it creates Drip-drip-drip Splashy seas, Running rivers,...
What is Love?
Love is… The way the sun sets To let the moon Finally shine The way the leaves Change color To welcome Autumn The way the sea Greets the...
Ode to my Book Bag
To my closest friend I’m eternally grateful to you For all the years you’ve stuck with me You never gave up on me You’ve had my back for...
Ode to Time
Oh, time you walk beside us But never delay, never pause. When I need you to slow down,You go faster, When I'm young, Laughing in pain You...
Ode to Work Boots
In a truck bed you rest Tattered and torn Sliced and scuffed Enduring, Mud and dirt Pavement and asphalt Skin of a beast Processed and...
Sonnet For Love
Love is like being in a prison cell. I know that some of you would disagree. You could say heartbreak is a living hell I realize as I...
Beauty Beneath the Beholder
This placid heart Has only so much to give These glass bones Can only hold till shattered This porcelain skin Is beauty in its fragility...
Capturing Beauty
I wish to capture your likeness myself Hold you in a frame so it is confine To place you high above my gold bookshelf For all to see that...