Poetry / September/October 2021

We Knew What Was Coming

We knew what was / Coming—the outburst / Of green

- by Matt RaderPublished 12:53, Sep. 10, 2021
Black and white photo of poet Matt Rader superimposed on an orange background.

We knew what was
Coming—the outburst
Of green,

The fanfare of needles
And leaves,
And always, eventually,

The copper and auburn,
The russet and ochre
Tickertape

Reckoning windswept
And eddied
In our doorstep,

Like confusion blown clear,
Finally but not
Forever, of its origins.

Matt Rader
Matt Rader (mattrader.com) has published numerous collections and chapbooks, including A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno.

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