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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CROSSING THE DESERT, by MYLES A. J. RHYNES
First Line: Silently the desert spreads beneath the
Last Line: The spanish suns setting, the evening shadows bow.
Subject(s): Deserts; Drought; Food & Eating; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Silently the desert spreads beneath the
Last Line: The spanish suns setting, the evening shadows bow.
Subject(s): Deserts; Drought; Food & Eating; Solitude; Loneliness
Silently the desert spreads beneath the empty sky,
Bleached rock and sand, no brooding shadow by;
From ghostly wilderness through Spanish desolate,
Here twilight spreads its wings silent in fate.
Valley roads, long winds, swift and bleak
Long ways through sand bars, up the mountain peak
As the golden sun paints the Western sky
Amid the blue-black barren timidly high.
No rustling tide, no windy breeze, no soothing smile
Dry shod up the rough rocky ridgeway file
Candles of the Lord, Yucca fragrance high,
Soft sweet smells drifting, drifting slowly by.
Twilight fades amid the impregnable night --
Beyond the shadows lingers, lingers daylight,
Countless stars peeping into socket flames now,
The Spanish suns setting, the evening shadows bow.
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