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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN THE DESERT BLOOMS, by HENRY GEORGE WEISS
First Line: Softly the desert breeze
Last Line: By the hot sun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Flagg, Francis
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
First Line: Softly the desert breeze
Last Line: By the hot sun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Flagg, Francis
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating
Softly the desert breeze
comes in at the window
bringing with it little sacs
of subtle perfumes, --
fragrance of cholla blooming,
Bisnaga budding,
saguaro in flower,
and ocotilla leafing bridal white, --
blowing
from illimitable stretches
of desert plain
and furrowed foothills
where grass is growing
starred with petals
of minted gold,
of fallen snowdrops,
kissed with rain
into voluptuous beauty
and stirred to ecstasies
by the hot sun.
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