Elizabeth Elliott

I am a staff writer at the Arlington Catholic Herald in Arlington, Va. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing at Creighton University in 2015. I am a singer and flutist.

“Road Rain”, “Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge” and “Scanning”

In the poem “Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge” by Elizabeth Elliott, the driver depends on the cables that hold up the bridge suspended “like belief in a higher power,” but fear of the big earthquake lingers. What then?