Least Read Poems About Deserts
#desert
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
14th May 2022 10:33am
14th May 2022 10:33am
Dunes
It seems I seek them out
on days of doubt
these rolling bluffs
full of nitty gritty sand
This quest to understand
a most lonely caravan
across a barren page
this drive to again reengage
With so much that I still see
all longing to be free
longing to make sense
of these footsteps I make
Each step that I dare take
in the burning sandy flow
of all that I do know
all that I do seek
This long-lost...
on days of doubt
these rolling bluffs
full of nitty gritty sand
This quest to understand
a most lonely caravan
across a barren page
this drive to again reengage
With so much that I still see
all longing to be free
longing to make sense
of these footsteps I make
Each step that I dare take
in the burning sandy flow
of all that I do know
all that I do seek
This long-lost...
#confessional
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#travel
#desert
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2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
11th Apr 2022 9:37pm
11th Apr 2022 9:37pm
Sands of Time
Having no need of rhyme
the fine sands of time
fall with such stark sincerity
laden with all of their gravity
Still, I watch the hourglass
measure each moment pass
emptying all of itself
high upon my bookshelf
While the deserts of the world
are again slowly unfurled
by a hot Scirocco wind
as each promise begins to rescind
Even though I seek the beach
in a desperate hope to reach
the sanctity of the sea
to once again christen me
Recalling a life so thrived
a bitter...
the fine sands of time
fall with such stark sincerity
laden with all of their gravity
Still, I watch the hourglass
measure each moment pass
emptying all of itself
high upon my bookshelf
While the deserts of the world
are again slowly unfurled
by a hot Scirocco wind
as each promise begins to rescind
Even though I seek the beach
in a desperate hope to reach
the sanctity of the sea
to once again christen me
Recalling a life so thrived
a bitter...
#death
#confessional
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#desert
10 reads
2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
13th Apr 2022 6:46pm
13th Apr 2022 6:46pm
Painted Desert
The orange desert now lulls
as its still culls
all wheat from its chaff
each tear from its laugh
A place of deep silence
to escape the cement violence
of overcrowded city streets
with their trafficked heartbeats
While here every single stone
relishes being all alone
while the cacti do adorn
themselves with every thorn
For solitude is a state of mind
a sanctuary there to find
an inner sense of peace
once...
as its still culls
all wheat from its chaff
each tear from its laugh
A place of deep silence
to escape the cement violence
of overcrowded city streets
with their trafficked heartbeats
While here every single stone
relishes being all alone
while the cacti do adorn
themselves with every thorn
For solitude is a state of mind
a sanctuary there to find
an inner sense of peace
once...
#nature
#confessional
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#desert
10 reads
2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2022 11:46pm
22nd Jan 2022 11:46pm
Water Bearer
Why drink the water from my hand
contagious as you think I am” ~ Collective Soul
Under a true sign of water
I remain Nature’s daughter
drowning in the desert drought
left shrouded in this doubt
Beneath an unrelenting sun
that has only just begun
to share the sordid tale
of each and every travail
Forever tainted with such sin
long before I dared begin
contagious as you think I am” ~ Collective Soul
Under a true sign of water
I remain Nature’s daughter
drowning in the desert drought
left shrouded in this doubt
Beneath an unrelenting sun
that has only just begun
to share the sordid tale
of each and every travail
Forever tainted with such sin
long before I dared begin
#water
#nature
#astrology
#confessional
#desert
13 reads
3 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
13th Feb 2023 11:54pm
13th Feb 2023 11:54pm
Desert Sunset
The desert is rich in memory
full of ceremony
full of deadly ritual
in a life practiced so habitual
With so much routine
in pursuit of all left pristine
as the sand begins to blast
every remnant of the hurtful past
While I honor this sunset
still trying once more to forget
full of ceremony
full of deadly ritual
in a life practiced so habitual
With so much routine
in pursuit of all left pristine
as the sand begins to blast
every remnant of the hurtful past
While I honor this sunset
still trying once more to forget
#night
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#desert
14 reads
3 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
6th Jul 2021 00:16am
6th Jul 2021 00:16am
[Desert Sands Lie Still]
Desert sands lie still
cool under the starless sky
until the sharp sting
cool under the starless sky
until the sharp sting
#astrology
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#revenge
#desert
15 reads
3 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
5th Apr 2022 11:44am
5th Apr 2022 11:44am
Soledad
Spanish for "Solitude"
She remains a place of mystery
able to face her sad history
refines all these fine lines
filling in all of these blanks
While she gives true thanks
to the ever-setting sun
hiking by the dry river run
listening to her solitude
Yet so often misconstrued
in what she pursues
in what she will choose
ignoring all those familiar ways
While she pens her book of days
with a pure honest ink
always drawing the...
She remains a place of mystery
able to face her sad history
refines all these fine lines
filling in all of these blanks
While she gives true thanks
to the ever-setting sun
hiking by the dry river run
listening to her solitude
Yet so often misconstrued
in what she pursues
in what she will choose
ignoring all those familiar ways
While she pens her book of days
with a pure honest ink
always drawing the...
#nature
#confessional
#WritingPoetry
#SelfDiscovery
#desert
15 reads
2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
17th Feb 2023 1:32am
17th Feb 2023 1:32am
Caravan
Long rippled dunes flow
Carry secrets that only they know
Along the winds of change
As if always meant to rearrange
While palm fronds in the breeze
Still continue to tease
With poems yet to be penned
By the inspiration only they send
For caravans of scents and spices
Prompt all of these sacrifices
These things now denied
With every truth now left lied
As I cross all my burning sands
Disguised as one who understands
The true meaning of my words
Home among the...
Carry secrets that only they know
Along the winds of change
As if always meant to rearrange
While palm fronds in the breeze
Still continue to tease
With poems yet to be penned
By the inspiration only they send
For caravans of scents and spices
Prompt all of these sacrifices
These things now denied
With every truth now left lied
As I cross all my burning sands
Disguised as one who understands
The true meaning of my words
Home among the...
#confessional
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#travel
#desert
16 reads
2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
12th Aug 2021 7:56am
12th Aug 2021 7:56am
Cacti
Together they stand alone
in the desert sun
each and every one
hiding a desire
This deep inner fire
that burns
as each learns
solitude
Hours in a scalding sun
dignifies
clarifies
the meaning of the moment
Separate and distinct
poignant and succinct
as the hours expire
as the day drones on
Till temporality is gone
replaced only by the now
how it does forever show
the modernity of eternity
in the desert sun
each and every one
hiding a desire
This deep inner fire
that burns
as each learns
solitude
Hours in a scalding sun
dignifies
clarifies
the meaning of the moment
Separate and distinct
poignant and succinct
as the hours expire
as the day drones on
Till temporality is gone
replaced only by the now
how it does forever show
the modernity of eternity
#nature
#peace
#meditation
#SelfDiscovery
#desert
17 reads
4 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
23rd Aug 2021 7:03am
23rd Aug 2021 7:03am
Grains of Sand
Grains of sand
slip through my hand
blown in a fickle breeze
across the open desert
that is my life
Scattering
Shattering my illusions
jumping to conclusions
no longer held
no longer believed
for a life left now bereaved
slip through my hand
blown in a fickle breeze
across the open desert
that is my life
Scattering
Shattering my illusions
jumping to conclusions
no longer held
no longer believed
for a life left now bereaved
#loneliness
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#desert
17 reads
3 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
19th Sep 2023 6:37pm
19th Sep 2023 6:37pm
Distant Sands
Distant sands from many lands
flow together in the now
allow a knowing how
only the desert understands
flow together in the now
allow a knowing how
only the desert understands
#LifeAsAWriter
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#philosophical
#desert
17 reads
9 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
9th Jul 2021 6:58pm
9th Jul 2021 6:58pm
The Joshua Tree
I wander out far
to the Joshua Tree
in order to find
what I left behind
Even though
I did not go
this way
on this or any other day
Faith is like this
with her blissful kiss
that I can only imagine
how it would feel
If I could steal
rapture
somehow be able to capture
this feeling forever
Be able to weather
the desert of despair
the dark night of the soul
only to reemerge whole
to the Joshua Tree
in order to find
what I left behind
Even though
I did not go
this way
on this or any other day
Faith is like this
with her blissful kiss
that I can only imagine
how it would feel
If I could steal
rapture
somehow be able to capture
this feeling forever
Be able to weather
the desert of despair
the dark night of the soul
only to reemerge whole
#animals
#faith
#spiritual
#confessional
#desert
18 reads
10 Comments
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