Desert Slumber

Air swirls with cactus flower
Floating upon the warm wind
During the enchanting hour
As consciousness starts to bend

The vast expanse of the sky
Shines with iridescent orbs
Reaching immeasurably high
As subconscious absorbs

Sand stretches out its rough hands
Giving its alluring invite
Beguiling with its commands
As slumber begins to ignite

Dreams tango under the moon
Tempo steady flowing smooth
Rhythmically beating in time
Visions fluttering to sooth

Scents merge of desert and man
Creating lucid soaring dreams
Hazy silhouette stands close
Shadowed in celestial beams

Author's Note

Image by Frank Zullo found on google images

Reviews

[Richard🖌]

Ya know, Dear PB? 🤔

There's nothing (poetically speaking) I enjoy more than a well-struck poem with even meter, smooth flowing syntax. spot-on rhyme, and vivid imagery painted with skillfully laid metaphor, touches of sensual embrace, and caresses from imaginative poetic hands.

There is something magical and mysterious about the desert that's always captivated my fantasies, and you certainly have captured mine … with your own. 😏
I've one on here you might find intriguing … it's titled simply, "One Desert Night":
https://www.writerscafe.org/writing/RichardJ/1612644/

Love your title and picture … both peaked my interest and lured me in.
Thank goodness they did, or I'd have missed this uniquely splendid piece!
Thank you, Dear Lady-Poet, for sharing You with Us! ⁓ Richard 🍃

[Poetic Beauty]

All my desert poems are enthralling for one reason or another. One would never know I have not been there but my love and my dreams are.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A descriptive piece that lends itself to the desire in all of us to see beauty wherever we may find it. well done good read.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you for stopping by to read. This is a calming poem that allows me to drift to somewhere else. I close my eye and I can see it quite clearly in my mind even though I’ve never been there

[Relic]

You're very good at describing images. I could see myself with each step of your words.

Nice writing, PB.

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m glad you could feel this poem step by step

[Davidgeo]

The key to this one is it's simplicity. Wherever this came from I think almost anyone can identify with it, at least more than partially. That's very difficult to achieve. Well done.

[Poetic Beauty]

It came from a dream. I write about the desert a lot because I have been dreaming of it for years.

[Davidgeo]

A long time ago around 2007 I once found myself in between a city called Baghdad and a comparatively smaller place way down south called Tallil in Iraq... we had to stop in between and do our little security dance in the middle of literally no where, and for about 2 hours I saw the sky... what it is supposed to look like without light pollution. It was better than a dream. (the terrain was also legit hardpan desert but that's not the point). Only in the 'empty', can you really can see the beautiful. Dreams are a bright place without lights.

[Poetic Beauty]

I like the way you describe dreams

[Betty Hermelee]

This very descriptive lovely scene is enough to dream about and ultimately calm you into a deep slumber; three is something special about the desert that is mesmerizing, calming, dreamy state, stars so bright, they actually twinkle, no lights to obscure this magnificent landscape and your words flow so well. Best, Betty

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. This was definitely a poem written from one of the many dreams I have had about the Desert over the years. It’s always calming for me to dream about it

[Betty Hermelee]

I’ve visited many deserts both here and abroad and there definitely is something magical about them.

[Betty Hermelee]

What are you doing up so late? Same as me, but my eyes are drooping, nite nite for now, sweet dreams

[Poetic Beauty]

I want to go to Arizona this year and see the desert I’ve been dreaming about

[Pete]

i wouldn't want to be lost in one with no water but the imagery and feel you've painted in this is stunning. the line 'As consciousness starts to bend' really grabbed me and pulled me in. great flow and feel. bravo ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

No definitely wouldn’t want to be lost in the desert with no water but I assure you I don’t plan on that happening

[Pete]

lol. i've enjoyed all of your writings that i've read so far but this one stands out to me. the wording and the feeling are very impressive ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. It is a very transporting piece

[Coyote Poetry]

I spend a lot of time in the desert. Middle East and seven years in Texas. The desert had special kind of beauty. It is quiet. I loved how you described the places and your thoughts. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Poetic Beauty]

I hope to see this place I have been dreaming about for the last ten years. Trying to go to Arizona this year. I think it is a well over due trip to change up my world and shake up my friends

[Coyote Poetry]

I went to Death Valley five times with the Army. Was so peaceful. The desert is cool dear friend.

[John the Baptist]

A very soothing nature piece here. It would be interesting to record this one with soft music in the background. I think the calming images would ease the most jangled nerves.

[Poetic Beauty]

I agree about calming music

[John Cardwell]

Delightful PB! You've got some great lines in there.
I'm going to carry one particular line around with me for a while -
"Dreams tango under the moon". Let me say it one more time just for fun..
"Dreams tango under the moon". Very nice.

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m glad you liked that line. I’m kind of found of it as well. I think my favorite lines are consciousness bends or the last line in the poem

[Einstein Noodle]

i especially like V3 and the entrance of sand .. i was laying down, gazing up, slipping into that place between waking and dreaming and felt the cooling hot sand on my skin .. very tactile .. wonderful drifting before sleep. enjoyed your sharing Ms. Beauty!
E.

[Poetic Beauty]

One day I am going to experience this for myself

[Einstein Noodle]

you mean a trip to the desert? ..or trouble sleeping? ;))

[Poetic Beauty]

Trip to the desert in Arizona. I have been dreaming of it for 10 plus years now

[Einstein Noodle]

well young lady! time to hitch the buggy and get trottin' ;)

[Dave Brown]

I expect that you will be adventuring by horseback with pack mule behind
At nights spreading your bed roll near a mesquite tree, lying on your back, swatting the occasional tarantula, and looking up to count one hundred and fifty quadazupola goriutal gazillion stars in the huge wide sky
In the morning, over a campfire, you'll cook a can of beans before you hit the open trail again
And remember, there is someone else somewhere up there doing exactly the same thing back in your direction

[Poetic Beauty]

Let’s skip the whole tarantula part. I am a chicken when it comes to spider lol