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
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Categories:
sonoran, nature,
Form: Free verse
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 in crucial moments of emptiness
lying in solitude and intimate loneliness.
Sun-kissed miles of unshaded secrets
seeping from her maternal caramel eyes
deep-rooted in morns muted sage
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Categories:
sonoran, america, appreciation, august, beauty,
Form: 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
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sonoran, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Sonoran Summer
SONORAN SUMMER
The river has run dry, its dripless bed is empty, and
Crossing the flower carpet dim and dusty, parched
Penstemon and brave little brittlebush,
Expecting an inundation, stretch in a rush -
Spreading petals and leaves which their wetted
Wilted tapestry of color weaves - but they fast
Revert to survival
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Categories:
sonoran, flower, nature,
Form: Alliteration
Sonoran Desert
Mountain range in the
distance. Rugged, jagged. A
beauty all it's own.
Saguaro cactus.
Tall proud. A ancient man.
Sentry to the past.
Mesquite and greasewood,
prairie grass, sage and cacti
cover the landscape.
Harsh sun bakes the earth.
Winds will shape the desert floor.
Rains will work the rock.
Flash floods carve
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Categories:
sonoran, nature
Form: Free verse