Rondeau in Winter
“like a worm, was I wrapt round and round”
Edward Young
A feather on the
Polished marble floor
Of the train station
Life in another room
Blowing here and there
In a whirl of human steps
Time in a hummingbird garden
Pulsating life of the freeways
In and under my veins
The void of winter nights
To cede and to contract
In dream before the light
Sounds of blood enlivened
A lithesome music
Poised on the shores of silence
Night~~~Haiku
passing with delight
into this obscurity
each other’s embrace
two bodies speaking
in colors that are flesh
calling the other body
a promise to make
uncommon ground between us
the joy of suspense
then hurled into dreams
we’re worlds apart yet so close
our ships touch in sleep
Margaret Saine lives in Southern California, where, for three decades, she taught poetry in Spanish to the daughters and sons of Mexican immigrants. She writes poetry, haiku, short story, and cultural essay in five languages and translates poets between those languages. Her books are “Bodyscapes,” “Words of Art,” and 5 haiku chapbooks. Her book of poems “Searching For Bridges” was published bilingually, with Arabic, in October 2016 by the Jordanian Writers Association. “Lit Angels” is to be published by Moonrise Press, Los Angeles, in December 2016. Her Italian ms. “Paesaggi che respirano” [Breathing Landscapes] is forthcoming, and she has published three books of poetry in German
Submission Prachya Review Dec 2016
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