Leave the Leaves

Poem by Ann Privateer

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Driving to Vermont for a spectacular show

words course through my brain, raking up points

spectacular, color streaking, and primeval

reaching for light, falling in disarray, the ever

present change that in this season of Autumn 

we celebrate our material world.

Ann Privateer is a poet, artist, and photographer. She grew up in the Midwest and now resides in California. Some of her recent work has appeared in Voices 2022 and Entering.

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