SIMONE FLOURNOY
Simone Flournoy (CMC '22) is a senior at Claremont McKenna majoring in International Relations. She is a transfer student, previously studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for her first two years of college. Her work has been featured in the Helix Literary Magazine, the Fresher Publishing Anthology, Messenger Mountain News, and the St Andrews Foreign Affairs Review. When she's not in in the Inland Empire, Simone lives with her family, two dogs, and thousands of honeybees in Topanga Canyon.
Fire SeasonI am burned and built
and burned again An orbit of fires The venerated touch of flame to foliage |
Hiraeth for the HighlandsI remember Caledonia's shouting breath
Scarlet kisses across my face Every bit of my surroundings |