Margarita Engle                     Haiku Harvest
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January sun
between past and future
peace

     

after the rain
I follow a snail’s
silvery path

     

half moon
my conversation
with dogs

     

falconry club
wingspans in fog
the hooded birds

     

after the storm
a one-legged seagull’s
graceful landing

     

after the downpour
                  a windstorm of stars

     

after a dream of bees
a dream of honey

     

side by side
fisherman and egret
waiting

     

stinging nettles
a soldier’s grave
beside the lake

     

stormy lakeshore
the watercolor class
paints with rain

     

thrift shop
framed autumn leaves
from long ago

     

full moon
over Iceland poppies
white echo

     

high above
the shantytown
homemade kites

     

full moon
the lone firefly
rising

     

old temple
the floor of sand softens
our footsteps

     

rush hour
plum blossoms drift
against traffic

     

yard sale
a small dog guards
the old chair

     

paper fan
on a hot day
the wisdom
of women who lived
a long time ago

     

ellipse
the shape of my orbit
around God
I draw near,
drift away, return...

     

full moon
above traffic
on a bridge
above another full moon
in the river

     

old chart
of the known world
my ancestry
floats between sea monsters
and the face of the wind

     

as the days
grow shorter
a still life—
gold pears on a plate
my hunger for light

     

after I complain
about the monotony
of flatlands—
spreading oak, double rainbow,
a mountain of clouds

     

guitar
and marionette
the dual
identity of antique
wood and strings

     

horizontal bar The poetry on this page is Copyright © 2006 by Margarita Engle.
Email: englefam@earthlink.net       City & Country: Clovis, California, USA.
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