Green of the palo verde, Purple of distant peaks, Gold of a desert sunset, An artist's palette streaks. Flame of the ocotillo, Blue of the wind-swept sage, Blush of a desert's dawning, Grey of the twilight shades. An artist's model -- coyote Silhouetted 'gainst the stars Wild horses in mountain pastures Without a need of bars. Leap of a black-tailed rabbit, Venom of coiling snake, Dawn is a mesquite thicket As mating roadrunners wake. The desert artist pictures, But, ere night his canvas mars, Drapes His work in the coming dusk With a misted mantle of desert stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN VOLUPTAS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CENSUS-TAKER by ROBERT FROST MY COMFORTER by EMILY JANE BRONTE HYPOCRISY by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THE POET'S BRIDAL DAY SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM |