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Desert Paint

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The two-lane road stretches through a shimmering glaze to the horizon, passing smokestacks of mesas spewing clay and maize in vaporous mass. I hear the sibylline whisper of rain through emerald brush and serpentine hiss of slithering sand. The acrid smell permeates evergreen and purple sage, carries the aroma with fine dust. I point my thumb west, a prayer for a willing traveler to whisk me away from the cumulative downpour when the desert paint floods umber in the gullies.

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John Lawless

Date: 9/11/2018 6:56:00 AM

Thanks for picking up this poetic hitch hiker along that two lane. Beautifully done....imagery, mystery, and color left to the readers imaginative excesses. Thanks for entering the contest

J.W. Earnings

Date: 8/17/2018 4:42:00 AM

First of all, awesome photo. And all in all (lol), great great great poem! =) -JWE

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 8/17/2018 7:44:00 AM

Thanks very much for all your kind comments, JWE!

Susan Gentry

Date: 7/12/2018 8:59:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. Your colorful imagery is astounding!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/12/2018 9:03:00 AM

Thank you, Susan.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/11/2018 11:02:00 AM

Sedona immediately came to my mind and made me smile with your well-penned poem, Dale.

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/11/2018 11:32:00 AM

Thanks so much, Caren.

Agnes Krampe

Date: 7/10/2018 2:53:00 PM

Your poem paints a vivid desert image - congrats on your win, Dale. I love the desert with its rocks, smells and hues; it's a very special place. Too bad I won't get to go this year.

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/10/2018 3:34:00 PM

Aw, thanks, Agnes.

Line Gauthier

Date: 7/10/2018 12:08:00 PM

Exquisitely penned, Dale. Congrats on your well deserved gold medal.

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/10/2018 12:18:00 PM

Thanks so much, Line!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/9/2018 6:42:00 PM

Amazing imagery as always, Dale. What a cool image of the "thumb west" as a prayer!!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/9/2018 7:20:00 PM

Thanks you, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/9/2018 6:42:00 PM

thanks for my contest win!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/9/2018 7:20:00 PM

You are very welcome!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/9/2018 5:34:00 PM

The Sedona area is just breathtaking Dale as is this poem that extols its colors and majesty. Gorgeous! : )

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/9/2018 5:39:00 PM

Thanks so much, Connie.

Lyric Man

Date: 7/8/2018 10:07:00 PM

Hi Dale.. Tonight, the mountain sky is clear. In a few hours the stars will tease me with their winks. The twilight is for your poem, and it's as enjoyable as the coming sunset!

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/9/2018 8:12:00 AM

Thank you, sir.

Jan Allison

Date: 7/8/2018 3:42:00 PM

gorgeous Dale, your exquisite use of colour never ceases to amaze me:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 7/8/2018 4:29:00 PM

Aw, thanks so much, Jan.