Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE MOJAVE, by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS Poet's Biography First Line: The starved and passionate desert Last Line: The soft, cool tears of love! Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Mohave Desert; Rain; Sky; Mojave Desert | ||||||||
THE starved and passionate desert Stares hungry at the sky: "O smile not so forever, love, With lids forever dry. "In tears and not in laughter Love oft shall dearest be. My heart is thirsty for your tears To come and comfort me!" I breathe the desert's passion; The sun is hot above. Oh, rain them down upon my heart, The soft, cool tears of love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOJAVE DESERT by CLYDE ROBERTSON A POE-'EM OF PASSION by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS JOHN CHARLES FREMONT by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS MASTERY by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS MY CIGARETTE by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS MY MEERSCHAUMS by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS THE COWBOY'S VALENTINE by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS THE SIDE-WINDER by CHARLES FLETCHER LUMMIS COOPER SQUARE by KAREN SWENSON INSCRIPTION FOR THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT FIRE, FAMINE AND SLAUGHTER. A WAR ECLOGUE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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