“ Do I have to admit that I'm half Cuban and half American,or should I go even further, and explainthat Dad's parents were born in the Ukraine,part of Soviet Russia?Or am I just entirely American,all th… Margarita Engle
“ If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle. Margarita Engle
“ I can't understand why dark northern soldiers and light ones are seperated into different brigades. The dead are all buried together in hasty mass graves, bones touching. Margarita Engle
“ The child tells me her grandmothershowed her how to cure sadness by sucking the juice of an orange, while standing on a beach.Toss the peels onto a wave.Watch the sadness float away. Margarita Engle
“ Without even trying to be a teacher, Fredrika is teaching us,Showing us how to see things in new waysInstead of always thinkingThe same old thoughtsThat have been passed along by strangersDay after da… Margarita Engle
“ Night simply drapes itself over the dayAs if someone had lowered a curtain.The sky glitters and moves,Filled with shooting stars and fireflies. Margarita Engle
“ I would have run awayInto the forestTo live in a nestMade of dreamsAnd green leaves Margarita Engle
“ I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar! Margarita Engle
