Poetry Pop-Up: How to Feel by Lauren Gaines
Impressions aims to present the best of art, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and other creative works submitted by the the Maryville College community and the appalachian region. Photo courtesy of Maryville College Impressions.
Bio: Lauren Gaines is a senior double-majoring in Writing Communication and Design. She serves as Editor in Chief of Impressions Literary Magazine and writes poetry to put the complexity of human emotion into words.
“How to Feel”
Lauren Gaines
I hope one day
When they uncover
Our burnt and charred
Notebooks full of
Poetry and art
From the lives
We once lived,
They will know that
Through it all,
We never forgot
How to feel.