Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWILIGHT ON THE DESERT, by ETHEL FRANCES BARNARD First Line: It's twilight on the desert, stillness walks Last Line: That chain immortal soul in mortal loam. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating | ||||||||
It's twilight on the desert, stillness walks With stealthy tread, softening daytime heat; Glare turns to haze. A lone sheep's dismal bleat Fills the heart with sorrow, and a crow talks To distant mate, while graceful yucca stalks Send heavenward a prayer, an offering neat To Him whose love makes cacti flowers complete With the sheen of pink and yellow waxen chalks. I put my homely task upon the shelf And gaze past chapparal to purpling hills At twilight, when my poignant thoughts will roam Enkindling dreams as old as time itself, Which burden man with narrow, selfish ills That chain immortal soul in mortal loam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER |
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