"Ancient Physics" began with a long fascination with whales and how to write about their convoluted evolution from sea to land and back again. I kept thinking of my daughter, born nine weeks early, and how she later fell in love with water and swimming. It felt like the same instinct: a body remembering where it came from and seeking comfort there.

Elizabeth Fogle is an Associate Teaching Professor at Penn State Behrend where she teaches writing. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and has had poems published in various journals. She recently completed her first full-length poetry manuscript, When the Field is Empty and lives in Erie, PA.