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Woodland Pattern™    Book   Center Poetry Archive		Bruce Dethlefsen Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin Poet Laureate (2011-2012), has two chapbooks, A Decent Reed and Something Near the Dance Floor, and his full-length book, Breather, published by Fireweed Press, won an Outstanding Achievement Award in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association. His new book, Unexpected Shiny Things, is published by Cowfeather Press. Bruce's poetry has been featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac and Your Daily Poem. A retired educator and public library director, he lives in Westfield, Wisconsin. Bruce Dethlefsen's website.

White Stallions Bruce Dethlefsen

the children of the street must see themselves in the greasy puddles of the forenoon in the sundown storefront windows in the luster of the shoes they shine must see themselves in the reflection of a customer's sunglasses in the tears of the old women in the shadow of the bus the children of the street must see themselves flying purple kites on sunny beaches dining with the family after church riding white stallions the children of the street must see themselves

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