Evelyn Swartz Poet Ekphrasis

El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas
 desert landscape
  mountain tops
   cactus’s so green
     sand storms
      dry air
Footprints of a lone coyote
    beige sand
     rocky mountain ledge
            leads the way
               to a 
                   sun-filled sky
dry heat
   winter in the morn
               spring at noon
                        summer by four
El Paso, Texas 
              a
                 small
                      fragment of 
                           the Lone Star State
                                                         Home

03/12/2021
My first attempt at an Ekphrasis poem
Written for All Yours (March 14th) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand

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Eve Roper July 26, 2021 at 8:22 PM It is very warm in Texas and in some-places very humid. Great write.

Sara Kendrick March 16, 2021 at 2:24 PM Congrats on your winning work. Way to go. It is very descriptive and expressive. Reads like a tough area of the USA in which to live. Sara

Rico Leffanta March 13, 2021 at 11:17 AM There is no place like home and its best when you love it! Aloha! Rico Evelyn Swartz March 13, 2021 at 11:55 AM Thank you!!!!

Sam Kauffman March 13, 2021 at 10:13 AM Evelyn, if this is your first try, can't wait to see what follows. So descriptive and so lovingly rendered. Thanks for the tour of your home town! All the best. Evelyn Swartz March 13, 2021 at 10:37 AM Thanks Sam

L Milton Hankins March 12, 2021 at 8:29 PM Nice job describing El Paso. I've never been there, but I think I have now. Evelyn Swartz March 12, 2021 at 11:31 PM aww thank you