Sophie Bernik is a creative writing major at Interlochen Arts Academy in Northern Michigan. Her work has previously been published or is forthcoming in Red Wheelbarrow, Fledge, and Identity Theory. When not writing, Bernik enjoys hiking and swimming.
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
Sept/Oct 2022
Come Closer
The sky goes green with tornadoes, heavy as low- hanging fruit. The deer is carried off the road, and it never got hit in the first place. When the light