Category Archives: Southern Arizona
A Voice
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
She lifted her voice against the sun,
Cursing because Good Friday was done.
The coming of night would make her feel blue,
For none of her dreams would ever come true.
She pillowed her head and turned off the light,
Preparing to face the terrors of night;
But then came a voice, a voice not her own,
Whispering things from the past she had known:
You are the daughter of wisdom and light,
The child of mercy and goodness and right.
Be not afraid of the terrors ahead.
Lie down and sleep, child, for safe is your bed.
Over her heart washed a wave of relief,
The voice in the night assuaging her grief.
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Good Friday evening—
singing dark songs, Sister Death
slips into my room.
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Happy New Year!
Shadows play on the outside wall of a house in Cochise County, Arizona.
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Merry Christmas, Everyone!
A stray silk poinsettia in a Southern Arizona cemetery somehow manages to convey the season’s joy.
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Scrubbed
The Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona is often scrubbed of tracks, both animal and human, by strong winds.
Wind, relentless wind,
keeps erasing my footprints
behind and before.
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Tangled Place
An old palo verde tree glows at daybreak in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
Midsummer morning—
where is the path to lead me
from this tangled place?
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Which
Only a few clouds appear on a brilliant summer day in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
Looking right and left
I see two dusty pathways—
which one shall I take?
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Brushed
Shadows brush the sand in a portion of the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Branches
The branches of a dead indigo bush cast shadows across the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Sky
The sky is bold and beautiful in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona .
Languid afternoon—
with my fingertips I trace
the clouds on your face.
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Sunset
A December sunset dances through the sky of the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
As they cook supper,
no one in the homeless camp
admires the sunset.
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