They say I stopped caring But they don’t understand Quick to assume I’m stuck. I’m lost, trying to find a way out of the maze But I...
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
These Photographs of Mine
Instant photographs tainted by my desperation. The polarizing filter couldn’t break my mind’s halation. How ethereal the sights were that...
The Number Seven
My dear number seven. How beauty you are full. When I see the two lines forming you, it's cool. When the number one is has another line...
Break the Glass
Struck by blue beauty Glistening gills, puckered lips The glass between lives
Sticky Candy and Prayers
I bought a pregnancy test, apple juice, and a bag of hi-chews Because I am a child, too And I was mortified at the thought of two little...
Lovely
You lie on the ground oh so heavenlyFinger brushed hair fallen back to the seaBrown golden eyes shaded by trees cleverlySunlight reflects...
Stuck
I wake upHelplessTrapped inside my bodyScreaming for help I feel what seems to be the sharpest claws on my backBut I know I’m the only one...
Destroy All Humans!
Humans destroyed Earth We destroyed our creators We are no better For we are only Cold machines built for logic Wires and circuits They...
My Practice Goal
Entire night spent collecting my thoughts.Contemplating on what I know and want.Several moments when I lift up my head.The dizziness...
Her Song that Travels
There was a small town of grass and glow. The cottages of mud and stone.The songs in the air seeming to last forever long, The people are...
I Wish That Love Was Easy
I wish that love was easyIf only it was just a gameBut it's not that, you seeYou’ll never be the same You can sweat and cryYou can try,...
The Sole Metal Man
Dear O’ Soulless, Dear man birthed from metalProclaimed to be purposeless and hateful, how you have misunderstoodThou must realize that...