New Views by Audrey Hackett

New Views

Red willow
like licorice whips
at my window.

Dried hydrangeas
nodding and shaking
yes, no.

A yard of snow
satin-topped
and sloping.

Big focal-point maple
armed with
openness.

And beyond
pine and hemlock hills
and beyond.

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Audrey Hackett lives in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with her husband and dog. A returnee after 12 years in Ohio, she is reacquainting herself with the poetry of the northern woods. Her poems can be found online at ONE ART, Alba, Green Ink Poetry, and elsewhere.

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