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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILENCE, by IDA MCDANIEL
First Line: It is still / in the desert
Last Line: Brings me solace.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
First Line: It is still / in the desert
Last Line: Brings me solace.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
It is still
In the desert.
Only fragile Mariposa lilies
And a giant tree of thorns
Bear witness to my anguish.
Like sentinel of Time
The cool saguara scans
The spectrum-tinted veil
Across mysterious distances.
Ineffable fragrance
Floats upon a breeze
As gentle as the voice
Of gratitude.
It is still.
The pungent whisper
Of the desert
Brings me solace.
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