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

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021



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Date: 7/26/2021 8:22:00 PM
It is very warm in Texas and in some-places very humid. Great write.
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Date: 3/16/2021 2:24:00 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
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Date: 3/13/2021 11:17:00 AM
There is no place like home and its best when you love it! Aloha! Rico
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Evelyn Swartz
Date: 3/13/2021 11:55:00 AM
Thank you!!!!
Date: 3/13/2021 10:13:00 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.
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Evelyn Swartz
Date: 3/13/2021 10:37:00 AM
Thanks Sam
Date: 3/12/2021 8:29:00 PM
Nice job describing El Paso. I've never been there, but I think I have now.
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Evelyn Swartz
Date: 3/12/2021 11:31:00 PM
aww thank you
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