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James A. Emanuel

Poetry

Autumn 1991

Haiku: Ksenia’s Paintings

By James A. Emanuel

    for Ksenia Milicević     The Bride Naked brides wear blue; white gowns too hide color: blush underneath “I do.”     The Blue Horse Young, he was mine: bluewhen I hitched him to […]