Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of young adult novels in verse, including The Surrender Tree, which received the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to a Latino. Her most recent book is Hurricane Dancers, the First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck.
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margarita,
your words had embraced me for an instance.
“then”, a much overused word by me, it seems,
but then it happened, i smiled while remembering norman’s advice, “brevity”, and began wondering was it finally setting in… oh well, more on this at a later date.
case in point:
holding hands
our shadows…
touched
but, shadows being blue, pointless, unless one is trying to provoke or illicit additional thoughts, to something else that’s ongoing, in such a small space. this hint(blue) missed it’s mark.
regrettably, i feel it was hampered by “blue”s inclusion…
I really like this, and all, perhaps, because of
the blue shadows touching. A very colorful image. The word blue sends me into a heterogeneous, twilit space. It doesn’t matter who the “we” are. Thanks,
ds
Margarita,
I appreciated the blue shadows also. I really enjoy a Haiku that puts a picture quickly in my
mind. Your Haiku did that for me.
Helen Kinsella
your haiku is so beautiful yet the simple poem expresses a lot of emotion. when i read it, “our blue shadows.. touch” reminded me of a couple who had to part, with such passion and sadness. i love it! keep on writing ^^
margarita,
your words had embraced me for an instance.
“then”, a much overused word by me, it seems,
but then it happened, i smiled while remembering norman’s advice, “brevity”, and began wondering was it finally setting in… oh well, more on this at a later date.
case in point:
holding hands
our shadows…
touched
but, shadows being blue, pointless, unless one is trying to provoke or illicit additional thoughts, to something else that’s ongoing, in such a small space. this hint(blue) missed it’s mark.
regrettably, i feel it was hampered by “blue”s inclusion…
I really like this, and all, perhaps, because of
the blue shadows touching. A very colorful image. The word blue sends me into a heterogeneous, twilit space. It doesn’t matter who the “we” are. Thanks,
ds
Margarita,
I appreciated the blue shadows also. I really enjoy a Haiku that puts a picture quickly in my
mind. Your Haiku did that for me.
Helen Kinsella
I really enjoyed the image of your haiku. There’s something tender, even romantic from reading it.
Lovely. I think of Joni Mitchell’s classic BLUE album.
The stunning vision here is very poignant. I was moved by this, and find it excellent.
I just love your haiku! =) it reminded me a lot. a stunning and elegant haiku and image formed by anyone who reads this.
his infedility
his warm hands
now creepy
two smiles
merging into one —
golden ray of sunshine
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your haiku is so beautiful yet the simple poem expresses a lot of emotion. when i read it, “our blue shadows.. touch” reminded me of a couple who had to part, with such passion and sadness. i love it! keep on writing ^^
blackbirding-
this shade of night
eventually coming to the light