National Poetry Month : Alyssa Bridgman,

Raindrops Dim

Imagine the cool rain tracing down the dark glass

the wind wending through twigs that sway in breathy air 

Imagine the orange glow of the lamplight 

raindrops dim like stars nestled behind clouds

This silent storm sings you to sleep

treetop symphony swaying to the tune 

Let the cold glass soothe your cheek

and breathe in the dampened beat

Sleep lies not in silent skies

Alyssa Bridgman is an English student at Simon Fraser University. Her main area of focus is nineteenth-century American literature, specifically the manuscript poems of Emily Dickinson. Her debut chapbook, HEDGE, was recently published by above/ground press (2017).