Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESERT BRIDE, by MARY MILLER BEARD First Line: When sunset colors paint the desert land Last Line: She shuts her eyes and weds him after dusk. Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating | ||||||||
When sunset colors paint the desert land A yucca, like a pearly minaret Peers through a mist of rose and violet And reaches up her white and fragile hand To where her muted organ-keys are fanned By prairie winds, till all her bells are set To vesper chimes for fear that Night forget A lonely virgin on the desert sand. Night hears the yucca bells that call to prayer And shows to her his royal purple tent, Moonlit and fragrant with sweet-scented musk. He fills her bells with jeweled stars to wear And there, with shy and innocent consent She shuts her eyes and weds him after dusk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER |
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