Our love was like a silver passenger train with a blue stripe on itRight on track with lots of lifeIt had a horn that would warn the world...
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
You Aren’t Really Country
If you don't live on 100 acres of farmland,you aren't really country And if you don't have horses and cows,you aren't really country If...
The Chessboard
a game uponanother game a chess boardwith pieces filled with two different colorsnext to the class filled of juniors thirty-two...
“I Thought”
I thoughtthe fire was hotIn my heart,the burning would start. In my head,I always feel dead.In my love,it was never enough. It's all...
Prairie Life
I look around at the endless skyand the prairie grass growing green and high.The prairie hens squawk and runas a pioneer man fires his...
“Camp”
The warm summer eveningFrom the water where we were swimmingBy the fire the stories we toldThe crickets and mosquitoes warned off the...
Life’s Kingdom
Life's Kingdom, love's soul, all are beginning to take their toll.Severe exhaust and powers lost,Is this for which my life was tossed?I...
One Day
In my body, deep down in my soul,You're the one that I really want to know.I look forward to the day when I can take you away,Take you by...