Fall
We must pull
the curtains—
we haven't any
leaves
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Lorine Niedecker
This is a little poem I love very much from Lorine Niedecker, a wonderful poet from Wisconsin, and a recent discovery of mine (with the help of another). Since I am writing about fall and the Northern hardwood landscape in my second novel, this struck me tonight.
We must pull
the curtains—
we haven't any
leaves
We must pull
the curtains—
we haven't any
leaves
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