Best Utah Poems

Amongst seeds of words
sophistication resides,
this Utah lady
spreads her light across the globe...
with friendship personified.

© Harry J Horsman 2012...

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Hold the beauty of the desert
it's wind cold 
pristine
blanketing wide expanse 
reckoning 
awake to drifted thoughts 
blown endless across plateaus silent far 
where distant dreams painted in the sand
draw close with longing 
like lips across a rose 
eager for the touch of soft deep colors...

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Journey centuries passed
walk its trailblazers' path
old memories photographed
are sacred keys to Moab's past

Red sandstone canyons surround 
an old western town
its sacred fertile ground
and white sunlight grew sunflowers
near burningwood powered
homes nestled in verdant canyon meadows
where oxen roamed and travelers settled
cooled by cloud color blend and snow...

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open holes of golf
the ladies aloft and sparse
downstairs a buffet...

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utah
camping on a blue mesa
human noise
emptying into  
evening stillnes


Published - January, 2016 - Haiku Society Journal...

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Sioux wail
horse rail....

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my seed came to me 
with a bump on his face 
and ask why we both 
had the same on our faces
and why it had showed up 
over night?

lie to the child 
lie for heavens place 
lie, and never tell 
him the truth of hate

spin...

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Earths scent fresh as springs morning dew 
Water swiftly flowing crystal cold and blue

Sun begins to peak over mountains high
Breeze in the crisp morning air whispers by

Wish this moment to be stored in memory
 New day unfolds into continued life's story

Grateful to awaken to a...

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rain droplets stir hope
but gray clouds refuse to burst . . .
our yellowed back yard...

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A young girl with ants in her pants
Was doing a strange kind of dance
We yelled, "Take 'em off!"
She snarled back a scoff:
"Its Utah! That's nowhere near France!!...

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Hey there little one
Toddling ‘round your parents’ feet
Not yet knowing who you are
A whole wide world to meet

You have Nobility -
Heroes’ blood pumps in your heart
Martyrs, warriors and pioneers 
Are part of who you are

Both your grandfathers
Served honorably in the military
Tom was in the Marine...

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