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September and autumn creeps
into summer's room so many
dresses — shade upon shade
of green — too many the young girl
wants something richer to bring out
the cream of her skin the sweep
of her dark hair she fingers an oak
leaf imagining herself dancing
in that shape, fiery, across the hills
smiles yes that will do
© by Nils Peterson.
Used with the author's permission.
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Nils Peterson was selected as the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County. back in 2009. He is now Professor Emeritus at San Jose State University, where he taught in the English and Humanities departments. Nils has published three collections of poetry and several chapbooks, as well as a bit of science fiction and articles on subjects as varied as golf and Shakespeare. His memoir about his friendship and work with Robert Bly is The Dear Time of Our Talking (2020), and another memoir, Talk in the Reading Room (wordrunnerpress, 2014) can be read at http://www.echapbook.com/memoir/peterson/. Nils' latest book, My Dinner with Nils, is a compelling collection of poems, memoir bits, essays, and "memorable fancies," as he puts it.
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Lori Levy:
Especially like the last four lines. Beautiful.
Posted 09/20/2018 10:17 PM
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Arlene Gay Levine:
Wonderful...love the metaphors for Mother Nature's glorious cycles.
Posted 09/20/2018 04:43 PM
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DavidTookey:
Wonderful!
Posted 09/20/2018 10:05 AM
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Larry Schug:
I like the spacing within the lines and the elimination of punctuation, not to mention an awesome poem.
Posted 09/20/2018 08:29 AM
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