If we knew how to find
the lost, we would know
how to rediscover
the parts of our minds
left behind
in battle.

Margarita Engle

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I still think of myself
as a broken place, a drifting isle
with no home.

—Quebrado

Margarita Engle


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I have spent all my years
accepting sad truths.

—Quebrado

Margarita Engle


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No matter how invisible
I feel, I will always be wrapped
in the memory
of life as a captive.

—Quebrado

Margarita Engle


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Danger is a chain...passed from one wounded child to the next. We must stop the danger by breaking the chain. We must learn how to stay safe and be kind.

Margarita Engle


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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

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My heart drums with gratitude.
My thoughts sing
with hope.

Margarita Engle


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My mind soars
and whirls
in a dance
of wild fear
and graceful hope.

Margarita Engle


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Marriage without love is just one more twisted form of slavery.

Margarita Engle

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Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be a flowing river of verse and all I have to do is learn how to swim.

Margarita Engle


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