Frances Schiavina Poet Free verse

Sonoran Desert

Lamp posts eyes
through cracks 
of curtains 
spying
sewing needles
through mine
uninvited
screeching tires
honking horns
sirens
plucking mind’s guitar
unstop.
Take me to the Sonoran
steal into a hut
while its inhabitant 
hunts
fall asleep in its belly
hidden
from rattling reptiles
hunting grasshoppers
coyotes  
the howling hunter mouse  
monsters, giants
the Gila, the Iguana
scorpions!
Take me to the Sonoran 
illumed by the Saguaro
opening its white petals 
at night
a lamp post of 
candelabra flowers
where lizards
on waking
take sunbeams 
showers
savoring magic
of orange red
golden yellow flowers
winking at sunset
and vanishing.
Honk, honk! Screech!
Splash!
Spilled my glass 
of chamomile
slumbering on the sandy
waterless beach
of the Sonoran.


Third Place Winner: Brian Strand-Premier 1196-3/11/23
First Place Winner: Brian Strand-All Yours-3/12/21
Third Place: Debbie Guzzi- Exotic-7/22/17

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Linda Alice Fowler March 18, 2023 at 1:28 PM Stunning Frances. No wonder it's won so many times! Congratulations! :)

Sotto Poet March 11, 2023 at 12:46 PM Congratulations on your podium win with this so lovely poem, Frances. Blessings

Kim Rodrigues March 13, 2021 at 4:30 AM hidden from...scorpions/a lamp post of candelabra flowers// congratulations!

Sara Kendrick March 13, 2021 at 2:58 AM Very descriptive winning work. Way to go. Congrats. Sara

Constance La France March 12, 2021 at 3:44 PM Frances, congratulations on your win in Brian's All Yours contest with this interesting Free Verse, well done _Constance

Connie Marcum Wong July 24, 2017 at 3:22 AM Congratulations on your high placement Frances. The desert has a special magic! : ).

Gregory Richard Barden July 23, 2017 at 4:59 PM Beautifully written poem about a wondrous area ... congratulations on your well-deserved placement ... this is wonderful, Frances! :-)

Lin Lane July 23, 2017 at 6:31 AM Well done with this exotic write, Frances.

Debbie Guzzi July 22, 2017 at 8:40 PM Thank you for your entry, it was a delight. Look into the BLITZ form, you'd enjoy it! Please do enter my next contest & if you would like editing assistance & advice about where to send your work to be published just soup mail me. Congrad's Light & Love Debbie