High Flyin Tumbleweed

Giant Mesa’s have gray,
Elephant- footed talus slopes.
That seem to be padding toward
The highway. 
Tumbleweeds play along their toes
And one, bullied by the wind,
Flies like a hawk to land
Where tumbleweeds never see!
This one lands akimbo on the
Never-ending electrical wires,
It’s belly blazing in the sun
Noticing a view from above
Seeing anew the world that it loves!
This tumbleweed waits in wonder
For another blast to set it free
All the while, the others
are keeping watch beneath.
The winds of change blow
and the tumbleweed
risks the jump, files through the air
and lands with a skip and a bump.
Her fellow plantlets give her a wild name
Happily she rolls along showing them a game.
New paths, seen from above
New paths to new places
New paths for races
The game of life goes on

By Lydia Grace Brescia  March 29, 2011

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 8/9/2011 8:52:00 PM
Congratulations, Lydia, your elegant poem has won the first round. Wish you success in the finals. -Mohammad
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Date: 8/2/2011 10:18:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Lydia. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/31/2011 8:01:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved feature this week Lydia. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/30/2011 6:37:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Lydia
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Date: 4/12/2011 7:58:00 AM
I enjoyed reading your excellent poetry today Lydia. Wishing you a wonderful day filled with inspiration. Love, Carol
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