Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MESA TWILIGHT, by JULIA MAY COURTNEY
First Line: Day stalks across the mesa floor
Last Line: On its world.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating

Day stalks across the mesa floor
And climbing high at evening
Tints the jagged peaks
With amber
And with rose
And molten jade.
Then striding toward the sea
Flings back
A filmy purple scarf for coverlet
To bind the tired hills
And fold the drowsy hollows in first sleep
Till Night shall lock the door of silence
On its world.