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Mojave Token

my first trip to Nevada
drove a car out of town
destination Avi in the Mojave

just the sound of it was music to my ears
I remembered a movie I loved
and that’s where it was set

Mojave… Mojave…
sign showing powwow underway
what incredible luck

the car had barely stopped
I was out and gone
drawn by the drumming afar

making my way through the sand
part way there at my feet
as if beckoning

just there like an offering
a big sandwashed oval stone
perfectly soft

breathtakingly beautiful
incredibly… there waiting for me
nothing like it anywhere in sight

nothing anywhere
bar drumming in the distance
and this one lone treasure

so I picked it
like a lovely ripe fruit 
fresh from the Mojave desert



AP: 2nd place, Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on April 8, 2018 for contest BRING TO LIFE sponsored by SHADOW HAMILTON

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Phil Capitano

Date: 4/30/2018 7:46:00 AM

Its amazing what you'll find when you're not looking for it ~ magical. Well done.

Line Gauthier
Date: 4/30/2018 8:55:00 AM

Thank you so much for visiting and commenting on one of y favourite poems, Phil.

D.W. Rodgers

Date: 4/8/2018 2:24:00 PM

Lovely description. Good luck in the contest!

Line Gauthier
Date: 4/8/2018 4:21:00 PM

Thank you, D.W., for your much appreciated visit and comment.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/8/2018 8:26:00 AM

An uplifting ode to the beauty of Nevada. I, myself, cannot breathe in that state as that is where I developed asthma in the first place, but I feel your experience, and I am thrilled with it.

Line Gauthier
Date: 4/8/2018 10:22:00 AM

Thank you so much for your visit, Caren. Breathing is a rather key element to enjoying anything and everything. Hope you have that well under control.