Savage Beauty

Savage Beauty

A Poem by Dom DiFrancesco

The crimson sky fumes with the rage of desert summer,
Turning springs flowers of gold and lavender to tawny dust.
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Scorpion and rattler laze in awe,
Cherishing the warmth of the arid sun.
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Cacti dot the plains, green and angry,
Breaking the monotony of the monochrome landscape.
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Beneath even the most lovely of spouts lays a heart of bramble,
Drawing first blood from all but the sturdiest patron.
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Lonesome ballads of the song dog eclipse the dark silence,
Howling tears to rain upon the parched surface.
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Rife with dwellers only dreamt of in nightmares,
Exotic, ghoulish, yet beautiful,
A vista both barren and thriving beckons.
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Calling the adventurous to pay homage,
Genuflecting in respect to this alien canvas.

© 2013 Dom DiFrancesco


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Added on March 5, 2013
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Tags: poetry, poem, desert, southwest, barren, arid, dry, cactus, cacti, scorpion, rattlesnake, thorns, coyote, song dog, heat, hot, sun

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Dom DiFrancesco
Dom DiFrancesco

AZ



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I am originally from the east coast, New Jersey to be precise, but moved to the desert southwest 12 years ago for a change of pace. I have been writing in one form or another for most of my life, but.. more..