Margarita Engle                     Haiku Harvest
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crossing a bridge
two monks in saffron robes
one blue umbrella

     

forest green house
woman on a ladder
training the vines

     

topiary zoo
an old woman selling
dream catchers

     

mountain meadow
the wild morning glory climbs
all over itself

     

pawnshop window
plain and fancy guitars
equally silent

     

milkweed
a bumblebee
nurses

     

koto concert
shorebirds at play
with ocean waves

     

swan
beneath cloud plumes
life adrift

     

orchid show
we bow our heads to meet
each fragrance

     

autumn vineyard
grape leaves turning
the color of wine

     

sheepdog
on the beach
herding waves

     

forest floor
the gold filigree
of autumn ferns

     

flowering pecan grove
my footprints of pollen

     

old bridge
beside the new
same river

     

Tanka

     

dreary rain
even the darkest umbrellas
look festive
wet and shiny
twirling ... gliding ...

     

after leaning
for fifty years
the fallen
Sequoia tree is now
a bridge across the meadow

     

rumba cubana
on the radio
I drive
beneath the mating dance
of redtail hawks

     

soon after
my grandmother’s death
I dream
of flooded shores
her tropical homeland

     

market day
villagers wander
in and out
of the street artist’s
primitive landscapes

     

running
beside a miniature horse
my grown daughter
looks like the small child
of a fairy tale giant

     

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Email: englefam@earthlink.net       City & Country: Clovis, California, USA.
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