July 13 - Drought
Snakeskin tumbling by
Flies picking a dusty corpse
Death, thy name is Drought
Such great imagery! Very apocalyptic🖤
I have a few this time.
Dirt dead and useless
Over used, no nutrients
We die with the dirt
——
Dry heat like murder
Drowning crops without water
Mother’s a killer
She’s killing herself
In a bad relationship
Gone dry from abuse
Nice! I really like them all, but I think #1 is my favorite, such a dark connection to make🖤
Stagnant river dreams.
How succulent are spiders?
Will stones slake a thirst?
So good! Succulent spiders are a mouth image I will not soon forget😝🖤
Mamma's dry dugs gone dry.
'Mamma dry as dust', I cry.
Leave body in the dust and sigh.
I love how your poems always tell a little bit of a story and leave me wondering. It’s very cool🖤
Thanks a lot that's the intention that they be sort of fragments of stories almost
Moisture withheld from
Seared stones and wan withered shrubs
Wanting libations
Very nice! Desert plants are so awesome, love that you gave them a shout out🖤
They bite, too!😂
You should do a plant based horror on Jumping Cholla...😉
I actually have a mini cholla in my cactus collection, it’s in a pot with a little handle so I can avoid touching it at all costs😂
Ants drag dead dry leaves
Across sand and broken stones
Meager fare foraged
Ok this made me really worried about desert ants and I had to stop and google to see what they could eat😅 Nice job evoking emotion! 🖤
Thanks; stole it from one of my longer poems:
https://ordinaryaverageguy.substack.com/p/dust-and-shadows
Cracked earth gasps for rain
Hope fades like water vapor
Bones of trees bleached white
The middle line is such a great image! So good!🖤
Cracked hard pan seeks
Sun’s shelter as arid dust flies
Withers age wizened ways
Skeletons worn white
Not a cloud in sight
Rain dances bring relief.
Well done! The last line is so hopeful, love it🖤
Rain is a precious commodity in Las Vegas.
Dust rises, sun bakes
Cracks in the earth yawning wide—
Where is the mercy?
.
Eyes on parched fields,
Fingers trace empty rain gauge—
Dreams of cloud's embrace.
Thirsty land whispers,
Longing for the sky's sweet tears—
Promises unkept.
These are all so heartbreaking, it must be a little terrifying to live in such a place🖤
It’s the high desert. Water has always been in short supply but the county has great water procedures in place.
When the last drop leaves
One thing shall remain - creatures
becoming bacon
🫠get it while it’s hot! Really great and very disturbing image!🖤
Grim wastelands beckon
Pink plump tourists unwary of
How thirst ravages
Ooo dark! I love this, ignorance is the true horror in the desert.
I think of all the people I met who got stuck unprepared in the Mojave...a lot of Europeans! Completely alien environment to them!😂
Oh yeah, huh… they’d have to go to Africa or I guess Mongolia, that’s a different kind of desert though I think. Wild. I grew up camping in the deserts in Utah, I absolutely love those red rocks❤️
I'm in central NM now...not desert, just on the edge (it starts just south of us around Socorro). Still pretty dry, though...😂
An arid wasteland
Searching the ether for hope
Within barren skies.
You always write tragedy so beautifully, I love this so much🖤
Thank you ❤️🩷
Too many long years,
Left parched and unloved, so now,
The land thirsts for blood... 😎
Love it! The land gains sentience due to neglect. Very cool🖤
It will have its vengeance! Haha... 😎
Snakeskin tumbling by
Flies picking a dusty corpse
Death, thy name is Drought
Such great imagery! Very apocalyptic🖤
I have a few this time.
Dirt dead and useless
Over used, no nutrients
We die with the dirt
——
Dry heat like murder
Drowning crops without water
Mother’s a killer
——
She’s killing herself
In a bad relationship
Gone dry from abuse
Nice! I really like them all, but I think #1 is my favorite, such a dark connection to make🖤
Stagnant river dreams.
How succulent are spiders?
Will stones slake a thirst?
So good! Succulent spiders are a mouth image I will not soon forget😝🖤
Mamma's dry dugs gone dry.
'Mamma dry as dust', I cry.
Leave body in the dust and sigh.
I love how your poems always tell a little bit of a story and leave me wondering. It’s very cool🖤
Thanks a lot that's the intention that they be sort of fragments of stories almost
Moisture withheld from
Seared stones and wan withered shrubs
Wanting libations
Very nice! Desert plants are so awesome, love that you gave them a shout out🖤
They bite, too!😂
You should do a plant based horror on Jumping Cholla...😉
I actually have a mini cholla in my cactus collection, it’s in a pot with a little handle so I can avoid touching it at all costs😂
Ants drag dead dry leaves
Across sand and broken stones
Meager fare foraged
Ok this made me really worried about desert ants and I had to stop and google to see what they could eat😅 Nice job evoking emotion! 🖤
Thanks; stole it from one of my longer poems:
https://ordinaryaverageguy.substack.com/p/dust-and-shadows
Cracked earth gasps for rain
Hope fades like water vapor
Bones of trees bleached white
The middle line is such a great image! So good!🖤
Cracked hard pan seeks
Sun’s shelter as arid dust flies
Withers age wizened ways
Skeletons worn white
Not a cloud in sight
Rain dances bring relief.
Well done! The last line is so hopeful, love it🖤
Rain is a precious commodity in Las Vegas.
Dust rises, sun bakes
Cracks in the earth yawning wide—
Where is the mercy?
.
Eyes on parched fields,
Fingers trace empty rain gauge—
Dreams of cloud's embrace.
.
Thirsty land whispers,
Longing for the sky's sweet tears—
Promises unkept.
These are all so heartbreaking, it must be a little terrifying to live in such a place🖤
It’s the high desert. Water has always been in short supply but the county has great water procedures in place.
When the last drop leaves
One thing shall remain - creatures
becoming bacon
🫠get it while it’s hot! Really great and very disturbing image!🖤
Grim wastelands beckon
Pink plump tourists unwary of
How thirst ravages
Ooo dark! I love this, ignorance is the true horror in the desert.
I think of all the people I met who got stuck unprepared in the Mojave...a lot of Europeans! Completely alien environment to them!😂
Oh yeah, huh… they’d have to go to Africa or I guess Mongolia, that’s a different kind of desert though I think. Wild. I grew up camping in the deserts in Utah, I absolutely love those red rocks❤️
I'm in central NM now...not desert, just on the edge (it starts just south of us around Socorro). Still pretty dry, though...😂
An arid wasteland
Searching the ether for hope
Within barren skies.
You always write tragedy so beautifully, I love this so much🖤
Thank you ❤️🩷
Too many long years,
Left parched and unloved, so now,
The land thirsts for blood... 😎
Love it! The land gains sentience due to neglect. Very cool🖤
It will have its vengeance! Haha... 😎