Beautiful Poem
Hallie Fogarty
Poetry
For poetry month, I want to write a beautiful poem. A poem where no one dies or gets hurt or
slashes their wrists. A beautiful poem with no dead bodies, no rotting. No inner monologues or
listless writhing. A beautiful poem about the ocean, maybe, but I’ve never been. Maybe about a
lover’s eyelashes or sharp jawline, but I can’t seem to get close to other people these days. A
beautiful poem about birds, but I don’t know the birds of my state, only know how to close
windows once I hear chirping. I want to write a beautiful poem about myself, but I never learned
how to. Maybe I’ll write a beautiful poem about something I love, like icicles frozen to the
bottom sides of cars, pointy and in perfect placement for me to kick them off.
Hallie Fogarty is a poet, teacher, and artist from Kentucky. She received her MFA in poetry from Miami University, where she was awarded the 2024 Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award for Poetry. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Poetry South, Hoxie Gorge Review, and elsewhere. Find her online: www.halliefogarty.com