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...STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 3. WASHINGTON, D.C. by CLARENCE MAJOR RODNEY'S RIDE [JULY 3, 1776] by ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS LOREINE: A HORSE by ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE ULTIMA THULE: MY CATHEDRAL by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AMORETTI: 37 by EDMUND SPENSER THE TWO ARCHERS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |