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April is National Poetry Month, and to mark the occasion UNH TodayÌýaskedÌýMaster of Fine ArtsÌýcandidates to share their work.ÌýHere'sÌýDanÌýHaislet'sÌýpoem "413 E CherryÌýStreet."ÌýTakeÌýa read or sit backÌýand listen.ÌýHave a poem you'd like to share? Contact us atÌýunh.today@unh.edu.ÌýÌý

413 E Cherry StreetÌý

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Snow begins to buzz into the sifted eveningÌý

You remove your shoes at the doorÌý

Billie Holiday’s album cover is orangeÌý

SheÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýsings beautifullyÌý

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You water the ferns in the nudeÌý

Long curls flick your parchment skinÌý

You sway near the brass-colored couchÌý

I am the voyeur who lives inside youÌý

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For a discount this fallÌý

you bought a pot of red mumsÌý

as the colors of summer buckledÌý

against the descending weight of autumnÌý

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Now our color is the orangeÌý

of low sodium streetlightsÌý

casting shape in a blizzardÌý

The mums are deadÌý

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Inside the lights are onÌý

Our townÌý

is a dark town atÌýnightÌý

with an observatory on the hillÌý

that we could see from hereÌý

if we had shut off the lightsÌý

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—DanÌýHaisletÌý

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Published withÌýpermission of the authorÌý

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