Jenna Logan Poet Sonnet

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 October 28, 2021 at 9:19 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 October 28, 2021 at 9:29 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 August 25, 2021 at 1:52 AM An incredible lovely sonnet. I know what the heat is, though we are not in a desert. Hugs. Jenna Logan August 25, 2021 at 6:04 AM Thank you very kindly for your remarks, Victor.

Jennifer Fenn August 24, 2021 at 9:38 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 August 25, 2021 at 6:04 AM Thank you so much for such a kind review, Jennifer.

Regina Mcintosh August 24, 2021 at 6:21 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 August 25, 2021 at 6:03 AM I love the rain, and we usually get afternoon showers to cool us off a bit. Thanks for your thoughts.

David Kavanagh August 24, 2021 at 2:32 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 August 25, 2021 at 6:03 AM Hi David. Thanks for letting me know what you found most to your liking. 75 sounds wonderful!

L Milton Hankins August 24, 2021 at 12:10 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 August 25, 2021 at 6:02 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 August 24, 2021 at 11:10 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 August 25, 2021 at 6:00 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.