What is Madness?
December 18, 2024 by Hiromi Cho

What is madness? 

no grief, but a grin

no gloom, but a glow.


no sin, but a muse

no stray, but a clue.


not horror, but humor

no pain, but pleasure.


no frost, but a fire

not cold, but a fever.


—it is love

not the urge to die, but a yearning for life.




Hiromi Cho is a sophomore BFA Illustration major interested in poetry and the history of literature. Her favorite poet is John Keats and she wishes to become a similar poet of free and passionate emotional expression. Axolotls and her partner are her companions of choice.