Betsy Brown is a teacher and writer in New York City. She has a B.A. in Media, Culture, and the Arts from The King's College and is working on her M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction through Seattle Pacific
In school today I taught my students
why leaves change in the fall.
The book I read to them says
the green drains out,
revealing the other colors;
the reds, yellows, and oranges
I want to meet the man who twisted the curves into wrought iron fences.
Sit me sown with that sandy soul who pulled the big bricks into pyramids,
the woman who wove the
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Dear Charlotte,
You hang up our clothes on the trees to dry
after washing each piece