heat wave
at the big city
flower market
ten thousand shades
of radiant yellow
Published by
Margarita Engle
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.
View all posts by Margarita Engle
in the yellow mums
the radiant yellow eyes
of a stray kitten
In Chicago, on Lincoln Avenue across the street from Second City is a great cut-flower and plant shop. It displays much of its inventory on the sidewalk.
autumn rain
the road’s pool scatters
the cars
"ten thousand shades
of radiant yellow"
What a fantastic couple of lines. Unfortunately yellow reminds me of machine gun rounds if you mean yellow derived from saffron. Long story. ;-)
alan
a lone leaf
yellow with a bleeding of red
on the moss
To have an eye that can distinguish colors is a wonderful gift. Some people can't tell the difference between blue and green … or green and red.
Fabulous tanka! Thank you.
summer
by the flower stall…
free perfume samples
wonderful depiction of the endless shades of a single, radiant yellow
commuter train–
tired eyes behind
a burst of petals
in the yellow mums
the radiant yellow eyes
of a stray kitten
In Chicago, on Lincoln Avenue across the street from Second City is a great cut-flower and plant shop. It displays much of its inventory on the sidewalk.
Wow Ed, what a vivid image.
Sunflower field
like a battery
of yellow
incandescent faces
straining skywards.
a splendid autumn's offering
much love
gillena