riverrun Vol. 47
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
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If Only by A.E. Newell
The wind whispers your name
In its breeze I hear your laugh
I feel it, watch it rustling the trees
And I’m flown gently to the past
You and I, in younger days,
Watching clouds above the sea—
I wish that we could go there now
If only it could be
At water’s edge, teetering,
Gazing at the aliens beneath
Bulbous eyes returning stares
From within the abyss of deep blue-green
We’d stand there silent
Watching peacefully
I wish that we could go there now,
If only it could be
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