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Cholla Poems - Poems about Cholla


Premium Member 12 Days of Christmas From West Texas
...On the twelve days of Christmas, West Texas gave to me twelve tarantulas creepin’, eleven javelinas diggin’, ten jack rabbits jumpin’, nine skunks a stinkin’, eight mantis prayin’, s......

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Categories: cholla, animal, bird, christmas, environment,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Saguaro
...........Cactus ....Water Towers Isolated desolates Wrapped in spikes Fluted aqua Greys Or in military green Reaching the skies The desolate cacti The desert fingers Withholding blaze.. De......

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Categories: cholla, nature,
Form: Concrete



Cholla's Legacy
...A diverse array of flora and fauna reign majestic in vivid tawny imagery of shifting sand dunes and barren rocks-- sixteen miles from the golden rays of western tomorrow. Time is played out i......

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Categories: cholla, america, appreciation, august, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Gal From Tucumcari
...Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: Gal from Tucumcari Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: April/2017 The next woman I marry will be a Gal from Tucumcari. she'll be tougher than a desert Tree C......

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Categories: cholla, blessing, destiny, friendship, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
The Painted Desert
...Mornings fade into evenings, evenings slip into nights. Day colors spill from their pails, then seep into valleys, wind caves and shale. The Painted Desert bleeds into a Stygian hue as the heat......

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Categories: cholla, beauty, native american, nature,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme



For the Moment
...Intense gray mass of rolling clouds. The sun shines behind its brilliant rays which ring the clouds in certain majesty. For the moment I am complete, had something delicious to eat, have comfort......

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Categories: cholla, beautiful, beauty, celebration, change,
Form: Carpe Diem

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