Ars Poetica
Burning sun
gilding autumn grass.
Fingerprints
on window panes.
Pink lipstick
on a glass.
Sting of a kiss or fist.
Ink bruise
on the skin of the page.
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Julia Caroline Knowlton is a Professor of French and Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. She has won two separate Georgia Author of the Year awards for her poetry. Her latest volume of poetry is a children’s book. She lives in Atlanta and Paris.
