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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Such a quiet poem for a quiet time of day. What I enjoy is that the even spacing lets each thing be the focus, and I see the scene expand to encompass all things. It is a clean slate.
Such a quiet poem for a quiet time of day. What I enjoy is that the even spacing lets each thing be the focus, and I see the scene expand to encompass all things. It is a clean slate.
Margarita,
It’s good to see you here, I love the implied structure of this, well done.
I just love the image of your words…thank you
ionic columns
on the greek order–
her chiseled marble legs
city skyline—
a flute arpeggio
at sunset