Quickie

— New Hampshire woods

— Photo by bluepoint - Flickr

"We’re in New England, after all.
"Though rippling foliage fills
the pane, the flush that tints the wall


"will last a week or two, no more.''

— From “North-Looking Room,’’ by Brad Leithauser (born 1953) American poet, essayist and teacher.

Here’s the whole poem.