Burnt Sienna

 

 

Burnt Sienna

Desperate for rain
A Burnt Sienna Earth
parched by heavy heat
of the sun's harsh rays.
cries out for mercy,

Her scorched hardened
canvas~of reddish~brown
lies in wait,her need of
fresh aqua-~blue hues of
refreshing rain to quench
the burning sizzle of her
baked ground

Raw,rough and red
as caked up indian warpaint
a Burnt Sienna Earth awaits,
anticipates, soon some
soothing smooth raindrops

A new day begins
'Alas, no heavenly colors
of cooler blue~gray skies
to usher in the rain and her
surrounding waters remain
a lake of fire

and still,hot-fiery rays of an
unyielding , over zealous sun.prolong
Earth 's Burnt Sienna days.

Reviews

[Desert Dreamer]

I feel your love of the burnt Earth, and love the subtle rhymes that make your poem flow so well, such as "rays" and "days" in the last verse. The image, although stark, is beautiful...the red earth and the blue sky contrasting nicely in the image you painted in my imagination,
"Raw,rough and red
as caked up indian warpaint
a Burnt Sienna Earth awaits"
I can feel the eagerness for rain...I, too, am watching the skies in hopes of rain to wet the dry earth. Thank you for sharing your poem.

[Suelou]

This is so beautiful, Fran. You are so talented.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

A very beautiful write. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[L.G. Knight]

very visual... I adore the imagery and the pic you put up with it is just awesome... Wonderful writing though that has beun to be no suprise to me coming from you! Great job my friend!

~Frances~

[Deborah Shepard]

beauty the colors vivid