glowing electric pink
surges across saguaros
sparking the sun’s burning gold —
colors blazing so wild
the sky cradles them to calmness
with dusky embered amethyst —
and tucks in the sleepy day
with blankets of serene shadow —
sky
Muted striations
sand-dust with cream
intensely mauve’d rust
velvety blue-grey-indigo —
layers of early winter’s
desert dawn horizon
Kindling
Every dawn relights my soul.
Big city night
oh my gosh is that a star
in bright city sky?
nope! police helicopter
Excite
Lightning dances —
Thunder applauds her!
Rain & shine
Many things happen rain or shine, but rainbows are so special they happen
Two A.M. drops
dancing in the rain
at nature’s cloudy party
Opening night
monsoon winds tell tales
lightning dances thunder sings
rain is main event
Fast rising east
sunrise glows in carpe-diem pink
aflame with marbled-gold moments
Sky-happy
foggy heavy-gray teary-eyed low-hanging
snow-stuffed melancholy winter clouds
impulsive wayward turbulent thick-swift-dark
tempestuous hail-angered storm clouds
sprinkling lighthearted fanciful breeze-drifted
rainbow-nestled April-hued springtime clouds
enormous white-fluffy fairydust-fringed
frolicsome sun-illumed carefree summer clouds
thunderous intense restless rain-soaked
lightning-streaked July-dyed monsoon clouds
azure-skylit sunglow-slanted edge-gleaming
white-silver billowy contemplative autumn clouds
vivid vibrant blissful dawn-lit joy-beamed
daybreak-florid sunrise-tinted morning clouds
aimless airy midday-lazy wandering listless
mountaintop-floating leisurely afternoon clouds
amber-ablaze day’s-end-pink ephemeral-amethyst
evening-welcome smoky-embered sunset clouds
lambent star-flanked luminous moon-halo’d
glowing shadow-painted skygazers’ night clouds
Phases of morning
sky becomes full dawn
towhees call out to half moon
at quarter till sun
Glorious
imagine how many glorious winters and springs
the stars from their celestial perches have seen—
Desert winter storm
tiny icy hail
falls slantwise through streaming sun
melting to rainbow