What is Madness?
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.