John Koethe, an American poet and philosophy professor, melds reflective and musical elements in his poetry, as seen in collections like “North Point North” and “The Swimmer.” His work, influenced by romanticism and philosophy, has won numerous awards.
‘Sally’s Hair’ by John Koethe is a short and effective poem in which the speaker looks back on someone he met thirty-seven years ago and wonders where she is now.
It's like living in a light bulb, with the leaves
Like filaments and the sky a shell of thin, transparent glass
Enclosing the late heaven of a summer day, a canopy
Of incandescent blue above the dappled sunlight golden on the grass.
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