Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Cinquain for Stanley and Livingstone

"Recontre de Livingstone," from the French translation of 
How I Found Livingstone by Henry Morton Stanley, 1876


Stanley Remembers

It was
a foolish way
to greet the man I sought
across half the dark continent.
When I

wanted 
to dance and shout,
instead in quiet awe
I said, "Doctor Livingstone, I
presume."

Afraid
he would reject
any jubilation,
I hid in the formality
of words.

© Doraine Bennett

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