Tricky, tricky test. I did pretty well on it.
Night Sings amid the Saguaros
Through the sandstone arches blows the dry sigh of evening,
carrying the muted sounds of another desert night to me.
As I sit by the fire, smelling coffee cooking in the winds lee,
and sometimes Im counting stars and endlessly dreaming.
Stars arching overhead are a celestial curtain, even when some fall,
scribing flaring lines of fire across my mind, setting off possibilities.
From such do dreams come, and much of what our inner eye sees,
across the canvas of the ebon night amid crested saguaros tall.
As I play my mouth harp I see a scorpion, dancing on a near by rock,
neither retreating or advancing, it seems content to enjoy the music.
A companionable fellow to be sure and we both enjoy the riffs and licks,
though my singing sends him back towards Nevada, so I should talk.
There is clarity to the air on the High Desert like through a polished lens,
making the seemingly lifeless desert come alive, under the late autumn moon.
I sit here and soak it in, letting life go about its business, at its own tune,
and let go the binding ties of civilization, and the freeing feelings it sends.
Off in the distance, the coyote sings of life amid the hills around,
and I feel an echo in me, as if in a way Ive found my own way home.
So the heart will pull you, lead you, at the end of your need to roam,
and here you will find at last the one place you call holy ground.
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FOR FUN
WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ?
Passing requires 4 out of 10 correct answers
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what
animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
write down your answers and I'll put the correct answers on tomorrow, see how many you can get right without looking them up!
Let Them Fall
Weep not child in the stygian dark,
for the dawn comes even for you,
and another day brings a chance for happiness.
Woman you sit silent and cry,
tears falling as you try to understand,
why this time he cant come home amid your sadness.
Old son, even men cry,
and feel the weight of sorrow,
in the midst of their deep bereavement and loneliness.
Tears are the eraser,
of the chalkboard of life and strife,
and leave the board ready for the colors of gladness.