Joel Benton

Poems (3)

• At Chappaqua

  His cherished woods are mute. The stream glides down / The hill as when I knew it years ago; …

• December

  When the feud of hot and cold / Leaves the autumn woodlands bare; …

• The Scarlet Tanager

  A ball of fire shoots through the tamarack / In scarlet splendor, on voluptuous wings; …