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Desert Sands

Moonlight glows softly across desert sands as swirling winds shape dunes with clever hands as a terrain sculpted like barren shores whose waves were not marred by footprints or oars No lush oasis in this seaside scene These Far East grains hold no date palms of green nor cool stream to quench a traveler's thirst It seldom witnesses rain from a cloudburst Here, the moon holds no sway with ebb and flow Scorpions will not drown in an undertow Sweltering heat would blister my pale skin while I'd pray for the sight of Gunga Din Devastating heat can impose great harm This sultry weather gives cause for alarm

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Tejeswar Patnaik

Date: 10/28/2021 9:19:00 AM

Hi dear Jenna, you have presented aesthetic beauty of desert and the sand dunes in your poem.Quite enthralling .My appreciations to you Ten .patnaik ,India

Tejeswar Patnaik
Date: 10/28/2021 9:29:00 AM

You may invite me in Facebook to share your poems and I will share my poems too. My full name ..tejeswar patnaik ,from India

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/25/2021 1:52:00 AM

An incredible lovely sonnet. I know what the heat is, though we are not in a desert. Hugs.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:04:00 AM

Thank you very kindly for your remarks, Victor.

Jennifer Fenn

Date: 8/24/2021 9:38:00 PM

What an exquisite sonnet, Jenna! I like how you lead the reader from a beautiful, waves-in -the-sand image to the realization of heat's potential to bring suffering.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:04:00 AM

Thank you so much for such a kind review, Jennifer.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 8/24/2021 6:21:00 PM

Wonderful writing. A blessing to read. I've been blessed with a lot of rain recently thankfully. God bless you always, Love, Gina

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:03:00 AM

I love the rain, and we usually get afternoon showers to cool us off a bit. Thanks for your thoughts.

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/24/2021 2:32:00 PM

Love the imagery here Jenna, your opening Stanza sets the stage, and then seamlessly slides down the page, no sway ebb and flow is a brilliant line, we rarely get above 75 here in Ireland, but get tons of rain, a wonderful write, cheers David

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:03:00 AM

Hi David. Thanks for letting me know what you found most to your liking. 75 sounds wonderful!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 8/24/2021 12:10:00 PM

I felt I am there with you, Jenna. It's in the mid-90s here this afternoon. I can't imagine what it would be today in Iowa or South Dakota where I was last week. Too damned hot! Incidentally, I think you may have made a point while I was gone! I won't say more.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:02:00 AM

It's definitely hot down South, too, Milt. I think my point was made to many. Hopefully, the one to whom it was directed got it! Thanks for your comments.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/24/2021 11:10:00 AM

You captured the unforgiving landscape of the desert Jenna, I couldn't cope in that relentless heat. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/25/2021 6:00:00 AM

I couldn't either, Tom. We complain about heat in Summer and shiver in Winter's chill. We're so faulty. lol Thanks for stopping in. It's Hump Day, so all is well.