New England Diary

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"Like a crisp oak leaf'

“'Sweater weather,”' you said.
And I am swept like a crisp oak leaf
into a duvet and down dream,
where the pillows do not speak
of the warm, the moments large and small
when I nestle near you,
demanding that arms dress me
to close kept comfort.''


— from “Sweater Weather” by Lisa Shields