Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESERT SUNSET, by BLANCHE W. PORTER



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DESERT SUNSET, by                    
First Line: Upon the silence of the desert land
Last Line: For us -- alone -- upon the desert swell.
Subject(s): Deserts; Evening; Food & Eating; Sunset; Twilight


Upon the silence of the desert land
A burning-beauty, ageless, artist-planned --
The desert-dust in sun's refracting tint
Changing to gold, each arrow-head of flint!
Mist-clouds become a limpid, lilac tone
Of silver mounted amethyst, and stone.

The sunset! -- Nuggets in a miner's hut
Here hide from thieves who ravish charm -- and cut!

So like crescendo chords the shadows crawl
Across the foot-hilled desert's slope and fall --
Till pronto! twilight veils with purpling glooms
And giant cacti with the yucca-blooms
Project their silhouettes against the night --
Enrapturing us -- as gods -- with sheer delight!

So fancy we, as lingering in this spell,
That Sunset is a señorita belle
A-tripping gay fandangoes... her farewell
For us -- alone -- upon the Desert swell.





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