Blue Monday: Desert Family

Jun 5

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Detail from a mosaic on a community wall, Ajo, Arizona
 


We’re a desert family,
We know the ways of stones,
Cactus wrens and rattlesnakes—
The desert’s in our bones.
 
To snatch us from the desert
Would make our poor hearts ache,
For desert-dwellers cannot thrive
Beside an azure lake.

 
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Poetry Pantry #362 at Poets United
 
 

Posted on June 5, 2017, in Ajo, Arizona, Blue Monday, light verse, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Rhyming poetry and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 26 Comments.

  1. Pat -- Mille Fiori Favoriti | June 5, 2017 at 12:49 am

    Love this poem! I know many desert dwellers who feel the same. Right now I’m a mountain person–there is something about going up a high mountain thta makes me feel alive!

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  2. Daniela | June 5, 2017 at 1:30 am

    What a beautiful mosaic and such a lovely poem you’re sharing with us today, thanks most sincerely, my sweet friend !

    Wishing you a most wonderful Blue Monday and new week,
    sending hugs and love to you

    XOXO Daniela at – My little old world – (Dany)

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  3. Laura Bloomsbury | June 5, 2017 at 2:10 am

    I’m a city dweller and appreciate this poem greatly – made me smile – thank you

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  4. Sherry Marr | June 5, 2017 at 11:31 am

    That is a beautiful mosaic. The landscape does seep into the souls of desert people.

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  5. Klara S | June 5, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    It’s cool mosaic and wonderful poem.
    Thank you for hosting.

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  6. LaVoice | June 5, 2017 at 6:21 pm

    You are such a talented lady. Don’t know how you do it, but each week your poems get better. So fitting.

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  7. Amy | June 6, 2017 at 1:13 am

    I really like the mosaic – some folks are so clever.

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  8. Rajesh | June 6, 2017 at 8:17 am

    Beautiful work of art.

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  9. artmusedog | June 6, 2017 at 10:24 am

    Lovely mosaic mural ~ ^_^

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  10. Cressida | July 16, 2017 at 8:46 am

    Erm not in high summer….desert with access to the beach.

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  11. Sherry Marr | July 16, 2017 at 9:05 am

    I have always read this, that desert dwellers love the desert as much as ocean dwellers love the sea.

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  12. thotpurge | July 16, 2017 at 9:15 am

    True.. home is home and nothing else will do. (I checked the settings on my blog, don’t know why it won’t let you comment…did you try when you were not logged into WP, in which case it will require a name and URL)

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  13. Sumana Roy | July 16, 2017 at 9:21 am

    Love the mosaic mural and the lines.

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  14. annell4 | July 16, 2017 at 9:45 am

    Ah, the magic of the desert, like love, austere.

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  15. Beverly Crawford | July 16, 2017 at 10:37 am

    Beautiful write! The desert does have a magic of its own.

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  16. Truedessa | July 16, 2017 at 11:12 am

    I have never been to the desert, but will be making a trip that way in the fall.

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  17. Donna@LivingFromHappiness | July 16, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    I love the mosaic image you used for your poem and indeed desert dwellers cannot live anywhere but the desert…..I myself need the lake.

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  19. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | July 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    I spend 8 months in the desert … so part of it remains. But I think I can get used to the sea instead.

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  21. Susan Chast | July 16, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    Your rhyming continues to distill truth through compelling images. I like this very much.

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  22. Aurora | July 16, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    The opening two lines really grabbed me.

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  23. Mary | July 16, 2017 at 4:59 pm

    Indeed, I think that people get used to the environment they grow up in…and it would be hard to adjust full time to another kind of environment.

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  24. mhatter99 | July 16, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    This is a beautiful wonder.

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  25. oldegg | July 16, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    You might be in the best place if you have water to live by while the rest of the world crumbles.

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  26. Gillena Cox | July 17, 2017 at 8:15 am

    Lovely photo and poem

    Happy Blue Monday

    much love…

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