Giant Wall, by Cindy Faughnan

Jun 27, 2025

The poem is spread across the page like steps going downwards. The text reads: I once saw / a great wall / of rain / sweep a field / like the bristles / of a broom / held high / by an unseen / giant.

 

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Cindy Faughnan writes poems for children and adults when she’s not working on her middle-grade/YA novels. Her poems have appeared in Roar Kids Magazine, Dirigible Balloon, High Five, and Visual Verse. She completed an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vermont where she enjoys reading, writing, and watching storms.