Poems About Deserts Seeking Friendly Advice
#desert
goldenmyst
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2025 4:45am
22nd Jan 2025 4:45am
Four for the Road
Four for the Road
I Walpi
Bruja voice of a thousand tears
Takes us to the sky born wheel
Where pueblo wonders through centuries
Upon flower mesa that blossoms love
For children of dusty walls
Whose cast iron dreams
Are a coal stove in a pottery room
With a lady of ancient designs
Whose smile is the murmuring sun
That glimmers through a veil of sand
When her ceramic children
With motifs as sacred as the land
Are too strange for homes of...
I Walpi
Bruja voice of a thousand tears
Takes us to the sky born wheel
Where pueblo wonders through centuries
Upon flower mesa that blossoms love
For children of dusty walls
Whose cast iron dreams
Are a coal stove in a pottery room
With a lady of ancient designs
Whose smile is the murmuring sun
That glimmers through a veil of sand
When her ceramic children
With motifs as sacred as the land
Are too strange for homes of...
#city
#desert
#memories
#spiritual
#travel
91 reads
2 Comments
APissPoorShaman
Ryszard
Ryszard
Poem Published
10th Apr 2024 5:07am
10th Apr 2024 5:07am
The Braille of Wind
There's something different about the wind
that's travelled a long, long way
and a weary heaviness
as if compressed by the weight of miles
yet full of exotic scents and ozone
Eagerly you face the breeze
now caressing your face as you wet your lips
tasting spices from high desert plains
and sun baked granite cliffs
There's tang on the tip of the tongue
alkaline, dry and brittle yet with the softness
of thousand year old dust
desiccating with love
There's...
that's travelled a long, long way
and a weary heaviness
as if compressed by the weight of miles
yet full of exotic scents and ozone
Eagerly you face the breeze
now caressing your face as you wet your lips
tasting spices from high desert plains
and sun baked granite cliffs
There's tang on the tip of the tongue
alkaline, dry and brittle yet with the softness
of thousand year old dust
desiccating with love
There's...
#sea
#wind
#mountains #desert
#mountains #desert
159 reads
1 Comment
wolfatthedoor1966
Poem Published
7th Apr 2024 5:03am
7th Apr 2024 5:03am
in the desert
here
i saw
myself alone
in the
ocean
of sand,
my shoes
leaving
their
conversations,
my thoughts
running low,
and
in the end,
i lost
myself
out there,
to be
weathered,
my silence
got no
discussion
from
the sky,
the wind,
all those
little
creatures
thought
nothing
while
trespassing
over
my bones.
i saw
myself alone
in the
ocean
of sand,
my shoes
leaving
their
conversations,
my thoughts
running low,
and
in the end,
i lost
myself
out there,
to be
weathered,
my silence
got no
discussion
from
the sky,
the wind,
all those
little
creatures
thought
nothing
while
trespassing
over
my bones.
#sun
#summer
#nature #desert
#nature #desert
204 reads
10 Comments
jmcchesnie
Joylyn
Joylyn
Poem Published
25th Nov 2023 7:57pm
25th Nov 2023 7:57pm
Arizona Highway
I stopped along the roadside
the saguaro cactus caught my eye
caps of snow lying upon
their prickly heads held high.
Never shivering in
their skins of green
as they stood there proudly by
in the Arizona desert
against the pale blue southwest sky.
the saguaro cactus caught my eye
caps of snow lying upon
their prickly heads held high.
Never shivering in
their skins of green
as they stood there proudly by
in the Arizona desert
against the pale blue southwest sky.
#winter
#snow
#WritingPoetry
#travel
#desert
198 reads
6 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
8th Jun 2023 11:07pm
8th Jun 2023 11:07pm
Desert Diva
I am soooo frustrated!
what does a cactus have to do to find love around here?
i paint my nails red
get cute little flippy bangs
and i'm still told i'm too prickly
or some shit about being too tall
or not tall enough
i guess it is my fate to stand here
deserted in the desert
silently
suffereing
saguaro
sadness
what does a cactus have to do to find love around here?
i paint my nails red
get cute little flippy bangs
and i'm still told i'm too prickly
or some shit about being too tall
or not tall enough
i guess it is my fate to stand here
deserted in the desert
silently
suffereing
saguaro
sadness
#desert
#LookingForLove
310 reads
8 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
7th Mar 2023 5:46pm
7th Mar 2023 5:46pm
Chronology of Timeless Bliss
Chronology of Timeless Bliss
These are stories of devotion, like the tale of a wife who risked the lash by dancing naked in the bazaar as rain poured from the parched sky when a boom of thunder resonated and dark clouds congregated overhead. Arcs of lightning cascaded downward as pearls of liquid floated down from the vault of the sky splashing lyrically.
She dreamed in mythical visions of pools of water filling the gaping rock holes. Floods of delightful cool liquid spread over sun-drenched yellow. Luscious streams of aqua stretched out reaching across in muddy...
These are stories of devotion, like the tale of a wife who risked the lash by dancing naked in the bazaar as rain poured from the parched sky when a boom of thunder resonated and dark clouds congregated overhead. Arcs of lightning cascaded downward as pearls of liquid floated down from the vault of the sky splashing lyrically.
She dreamed in mythical visions of pools of water filling the gaping rock holes. Floods of delightful cool liquid spread over sun-drenched yellow. Luscious streams of aqua stretched out reaching across in muddy...
#women
#rain
#water
#mythology
#desert
203 reads
3 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
15th Oct 2022 5:12am
15th Oct 2022 5:12am
Arabian Princess
Arabian Princess
Smoky haze of her gaze
With blue marbles lashed
For a night in the Casbah
When auburn tresses fall
Like storms of coral sand
Blown across an Arabian evening song
Sung by dark light of heaven
When rain mists her strands
Into a red velvet cake
Her blue fire aglow in soft sea orbs
That see deep into the desert night
Where sorrow knows no surrender
Only warm currents of desire
Smoky haze of her gaze
With blue marbles lashed
For a night in the Casbah
When auburn tresses fall
Like storms of coral sand
Blown across an Arabian evening song
Sung by dark light of heaven
When rain mists her strands
Into a red velvet cake
Her blue fire aglow in soft sea orbs
That see deep into the desert night
Where sorrow knows no surrender
Only warm currents of desire
#erotic
#beauty
#sensual
#sexy
#desert
347 reads
5 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
27th Aug 2022 2:00pm
27th Aug 2022 2:00pm
Desert Evening
Mesmerized by late afternoons with pink and purple skies
Haha Cactus and me watching tumbleweeds racing by
Dust devils swirling away trying to move this dry heat
Be careful where you step fossilized history is under your feet
Hello there Mr. Rattler, how have you and Mr. Scorpion been
You could had sent word to me by way of the Wind
I know that it's not a dependable means of messaging
It seems to be down time and time again
And when it does come around, all it seems to do is stir up dust
Ripping and roaring, he's a bandit that can't be...
Haha Cactus and me watching tumbleweeds racing by
Dust devils swirling away trying to move this dry heat
Be careful where you step fossilized history is under your feet
Hello there Mr. Rattler, how have you and Mr. Scorpion been
You could had sent word to me by way of the Wind
I know that it's not a dependable means of messaging
It seems to be down time and time again
And when it does come around, all it seems to do is stir up dust
Ripping and roaring, he's a bandit that can't be...
#love
#animals
#nature #desert
#nature #desert
393 reads
4 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
5th Aug 2022 7:18am
5th Aug 2022 7:18am
Pueblo Cat
Cats and Pueblos
Her mesa smile beams beatific
When enchanted adobe melts into clouds
On a juniper afternoon piled for bread
Our tour a fairy tale on the slippery edge
Where magic meets reality in a melting pot
We choose the path less traveled
On an ancient trail instead of a bus
On our descent a friendly cat chaperones us
But her speech is most uncanny
“I am your nagual guide to keep you safe
Because I know these heights are harrowing.
You see I am a person in the form of a cat.
You must be thinking, ‘there must be...
Her mesa smile beams beatific
When enchanted adobe melts into clouds
On a juniper afternoon piled for bread
Our tour a fairy tale on the slippery edge
Where magic meets reality in a melting pot
We choose the path less traveled
On an ancient trail instead of a bus
On our descent a friendly cat chaperones us
But her speech is most uncanny
“I am your nagual guide to keep you safe
Because I know these heights are harrowing.
You see I am a person in the form of a cat.
You must be thinking, ‘there must be...
#city
#cats
#fairies
#magic
#desert
303 reads
3 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
3rd Aug 2022 2:56am
3rd Aug 2022 2:56am
Luxury on the Reservation
Luxury on the Reservation
5-star dining at the Hopi museum
A pricey change from prefab fast food
Native waiting staff in tuxedos
And smiles to rival Parisian cafes
With year-round sunshine
Inside and out
Dust storms usher us to Tuba City
Where Navajo street corner greets us
With directions to our expected modest motel
We walk into a scene from Versailles
Bed suspended in tree trunk frame
Lacquered in dark brown
Mattress for Buckingham Palace
Curtains drape the windows
In fine luxury form
Her wicked...
5-star dining at the Hopi museum
A pricey change from prefab fast food
Native waiting staff in tuxedos
And smiles to rival Parisian cafes
With year-round sunshine
Inside and out
Dust storms usher us to Tuba City
Where Navajo street corner greets us
With directions to our expected modest motel
We walk into a scene from Versailles
Bed suspended in tree trunk frame
Lacquered in dark brown
Mattress for Buckingham Palace
Curtains drape the windows
In fine luxury form
Her wicked...
#romantic
#food
#travel #desert
#travel #desert
289 reads
2 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
9th May 2021 5:49am
9th May 2021 5:49am
Joshua Tree Lovers
Joshua Tree Lovers
These lovers return
to haunt each other through millennia
of rebirths with love as perennial
as the life of the Joshua Tree
known to live a thousand years.
But have been around 2.5 million years.
With the honeymoon period
Of warm most climates
Eons past
But an example to lovers everywhere
Of the hardscrabble life
That can be won
These lovers return
to haunt each other through millennia
of rebirths with love as perennial
as the life of the Joshua Tree
known to live a thousand years.
But have been around 2.5 million years.
With the honeymoon period
Of warm most climates
Eons past
But an example to lovers everywhere
Of the hardscrabble life
That can be won
#LifeStruggles
#rebirth
#lover
#metaphor
#desert
426 reads
7 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
31st Jan 2021 9:06pm
31st Jan 2021 9:06pm
Francophiles in Sedona - Dream
Francophiles in Sedona - Dream
Bullet train to a western food court
Where low lying canyon houses restaurants
My Rowena and I sample the cuisine
Like Parisian culinary dream artists
Who walk the boulevard of sunken souls
To find Europe in Arizona
Where elms line the avenue
Bathed in light from gas lanterns
That shine upon boughs
With warm tones
And velvet textures
While we dine in cafes like Madrid
On a twilight gold found on plates
Served by turmeric waitresses
Balanced by saffron smiles
Bullet train to a western food court
Where low lying canyon houses restaurants
My Rowena and I sample the cuisine
Like Parisian culinary dream artists
Who walk the boulevard of sunken souls
To find Europe in Arizona
Where elms line the avenue
Bathed in light from gas lanterns
That shine upon boughs
With warm tones
And velvet textures
While we dine in cafes like Madrid
On a twilight gold found on plates
Served by turmeric waitresses
Balanced by saffron smiles
#love
#marriage
#dreams
#desert
#surreal
383 reads
4 Comments
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