Descant

The wooden house by the lake, the yellow

tune of autumn emptying itself through itself,

as it does, with Bach crossing the staircases

Michael Quattrone

Michael Quattrone (he/him) is the author of Rhinoceroses (2006 New School Chapbook Award). His work is included in the Best American Erotic Poems (Scribner, 2008) and the Incredible Sestina Anthology (Write Bloody, 2013). His full-length manuscript, By Morning, was a runner -up for the Poulin Prize. Recent poems appear in Bennington Review, Salamander, and Poet Lore. Michael lives in Tarrytown, New York, where he serves as Board Chair of the Hudson Valley Writers Center.

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