Black and white
graphite sketches
with a pop of red
for your glowing
compound eyes.
Furred wings
silent in the night,
torso hard, carapace-
like. Did you collapse
the Silver Bridge? Or
were you but a
harbinger, the first if
not the last sign to
foreshadow doom
among the stars of
the Point Pleasant
skies?
Michelle Engel received her Master’s in English from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Both her visual and written work reflect a fascination with mythology and folklore. Her flash fiction piece “The Tall Man” recently appeared in the Bangalore Review, and some of her art and poetry will be featured in upcoming editions of Glassworks Magazine and SageWoman Magazine, respectively.
