Allie Stokes

Ashland MFA Candidate

TRANSPORTATION

Red
with three wheels
tipped over on the grass--- 

Night falls, raining now:
the water on the metal glistening
only to turn to rust:

No one knows when childhood ends.

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ALLIE STOKES IS ENTERING HER SECOND YEAR OF HER MFA PROGRAM FOR POETRY AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY. SHE HAS STUDIED WITH MANY WONDERFUL POETS, INCLUDING TESS TAYLOR AND KATE GALE. MANY OF HER POEMS DEAL WITH COMING OF AGE IN THE MIDWEST AND HER UNIQUE EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS ALLIE'S FIRST PUBLICATION.