Streetlamps

Today I found out that lightning

Bugs are near extinction,

The only thing I thought of

Was how my first lover would chase them

Across his yard,

Into the street,

Then call and tell me, panting,

That he saw plenty.

Author: Ivy Robb 

Ivy Robb is an emerging poet and artist living in northern Minnesota. She has been studying poetry independently for several years and studied poetry as an undergrad for a short time where she truly fell in love with the craft. She holds an Associate’s degree in art and plans to further pursue a writing career in poetry.

Photographer: Anamaria Cornejo silva