I was slipping on a mossy hillside
green against my skin
ready to slide
I am lying in a forest of ferns
green against my skin
beautiful bed
I saw a rainbow in the East
green against my skin
hope in the desert
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NaPoWriMo Day #1 prompt— a self-portrait poem in metaphor— how nature and God provide
The sun is big in Dubai
and hot
it warms the sea water
stifles afternoon air
with a haze
finds solace
in the sands
surely GOD is here
Temple of Sinawava
more than a legend
Waiting out the wind
that came strong
north
northeast
rushing across
Virgin Basin
Tucked away in Echo Bay
waiting out the wind
50 mph gusts
sometimes a breeze
stirring up air breaks the heat
drives desert sand
desert sun dry cactus garden
among Tucson Mountains
saguaro pierce horizon
patronly beckon you
another hundred years
we will stand stoic
leave our skeleton on desert floor
beneath the Sleeping Man
outside of Tuscan we set up camp
drove the stakes in hard
before a panoramic hardcore sunset
that went unphotographed
in the cold night
a hemisphere revealed her lights
I studied constellations
as wisps of clouds formed
I woke to distant thunder
no rainfly on the tent
one drop of rain
forced me out
the storm couldn’t wait
horizontal lightning flashed
across the sands and cactus
tent fly sparked at my fingertips
finally save and dry under a pounding rain
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NaPoWriMo Day 5 nature experience
“a wild night” Mary Oliver
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