3 Poems by Alexa Findlay

Serenity

a mother sits

in her favorite

wooden rocking chair

her coffee mug

resting on the

white painted windowsill

as she gazes

upon the pristine view—

fields of sunflowers stand tall

roosters crow as dawn nearly approaches

horses trot as if performing for a show

baby sheep bleat as they call for their kin

cows moo as they search for food

hens cluck as they lay their eggs

pigs oink as they bathe in mud

ducks quack as they wander aimlessly

flowers bloom as spring arises

a place

she calls home

so serene,

yet so full of life—

Echoes

on this very day

the sound

of 

tidal waves

crashing against

jagged rocks

echo

in my ear drum

the aroma of salt

fills my nostrils

as I breathe

in the

clean ocean air

sea birds

soar

the

cloudless sky

sand crabs

scurry

their way

across

the

moist sand

palm trees

dance

in the

gentle breeze

all the

negative thoughts

leave my mind

for a

split second—

Temperate

After Irises by Vincent van Gogh

in an

open field

on a

temperate day

in the

middle of May

a batch

of purple

irises stand

alongside

their counterparts

blossoming

for the

sky above

to witness—

Bionote

Alexa Findlay is an undergraduate Creative Writing Major at the University of California, Riverside. She spends most of her time writing fiction and poetry. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of three online literary magazines. Her work has been featured in Pomona Valley Review, Better than Starbucks Magazine, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Halcyon Days, Grotesque Magazine, The Quail Bell Magazine, Vox Poetica, amongst others.