Rooftop Poetry Club - Brittany Bukoski

Brittany Bukoski

Bio:
Brittany Bukoski began writing when she was seven years old. She is entering her junior year this semester as an English major, after two years of study in Communications. She currently writes for the Buffalo State student newspaper, The Record, and holds the position of Managing Editor. Her writing concertration now lies in poetry and short fiction.

Poems:

The Third

This week's topic - what a puzzle.
Second down, a seven letter word for mother.
Still her crosswords on the nightstand;
Her hidden cookies in drawers and cupboards.
Undone laundry, undecidedly in the basement hamper.
What would we do were it all washed anyway?
A five-letter word for rest, and a woman gravely missed.
A Belle. With hymns and prayers to share -
For those that would listen, and those who wouldn't.
And three across - childhood; rooms for spare and rug-burn down the stairs.
It's strange how always there, becomes painfully missed.
So much left of hers; But so little left of her.
Now she's but a walk across the street,
A trip I never wanted to make.
Only a month and still sit unfinished crosswords.
Unfinished words and clouded memories.
What's so important to say anyway, you had your say.
Take care and be taken care of; follow in my steps.
Tell everyone that I never told...
How easily words can be crossed when I'm gone.