Sonora
Hard pan…
Her skin cracked and aged
Yet in the lines,
the crevices, is…
beauty
She is timeless, ageless
Older than the era of birth, and rebirth
She is the seed of spring, and the elder tree all at once
Your lover, mother, sister, daughter
She is bounty, in a land of desolation
She is desperation, in a time of hope
Hard pan
The pieces of a puzzle unsolved
She is the young woman, guised as the old lady
She whispers in the tongue of the quail
Cries in the heart of the lone coyote
She is nature, she is beauty, she is my desert
Sonora
Author notes
about my home in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona. I guess my week and a half trip home woke my muse.
Written August 26th, 2005
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Just reading this Billie in the hope that you remember what it is you are going home too..
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smiles I've lived In Arizona. but it was in the nothern part yrs ago. still I could identify very well with what you were saying. One day I will see the Sonoran desert. I just moved from SW Colorado & remember listening to the coyotes every night. I did enjoy this! Keep penning on one stroke at a time!
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Thank you so much for such a kind and wonderful comment. I do appreciate these sweet words.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
excellent
this is a very great write, i love you background and what a beautiful picture you used for this poem and how you expressed your feeling/thoughts were very great and well and good and excellent. i have enjoyed reading this very much.
thanks for sharing with all
keep up the excellent writes.
i loved it.
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Nic,
I am now back in Florida, and am missing my desert, and certain people in it, so much. Yes, it is part of me, and always will be. Thank you my friend for reading my words, and seeing inside them. Love and light your way.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
And I am lucky to have such a gifted friend. You always make me smile. I am happy you enjoyed this write. A part of me I suppose. Thanks again hun.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
Kimmie,
I am sure you miss the Sonoran desert as well. Thank you my sweet daughter for such a heartwarming comment. I simply adored it. I am back in Fl now, and am missing the desert so much. Thanks again hun.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
A lovely word-painting of a place so dear to your heart. You know, I just LOVE deserts...they're like a woman...so much more than what meets the eye - mysterious, beautiful, eternal, natural and timeless! I can understand that the desert has awakened your muse - the desert is part of you, dear sis! Truly a lovely poem filled with such wonderful images and emotions - thank you for this!
~ Nicolette
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Could be about the Sonoran Desert,could be about me!
Seriously,as always,Billie Jean,you write so clearly that the scene is set before my eyes....I am so lucky to know such a gifted poet.
Love you,Miss you and hope you are wonderful,
Deena
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Oh my goodness...Mom, this is the best one I think you've written. I love the pictures and the scenes and the memories it brings back in my mind. It really did bring tears to my eyes, your descriptions and details and wording...I love it. That's all there is to it.
Akela~
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Criss,
Thank you my dear sis for such a beautiful comment, from such a beautiful soul. I just got home from the desert, and miss it already. Thank you hun. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
Thank you Twinz hun. The trip was good. I do miss the desert, and it sparked my writing imagination. Thanks hun for always making me grin.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
Oh! that the Desert were my dwelling-place, With one fair Spirit for my minister, That I might all forget the human race, And, hating no one, love but only her!"
~ Lord Byron
Oh how lovely! I feel the same about New Mexico. And I
feel for you.
You bring the desert to life. In so many ways.
Blessings dear sis ~ criss
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Aww what beauty has been awakened.. Really glad to hear you enjoyed your trip.
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Thank you so much for the kind words on my write. I do appreciate it so much.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
Now that is indeed an honor John. Thank you so much for this great compliment. I am glad you enjoyed.
Blessed be
~~Serenity~~
Billie Jean -
i dig it
Oh my, this is beautiful. The imagery and stress on the workds makes all the difference.
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excellent
Well, here is another poem to add to my homepage as a must read. That is two today.
John
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