Sunset Poem by Connie McManus

Sunset



When the brilliant blue day
comes to its starry end,
Coyote howls dim and far away.
Above the auburn desert,
hawk circles wide while
Rabbit and grouse
nestle underground.

Cloaked in deep purple
are juniper and sage,
their gnarled trunks in
twisted old age,
are twilight blended.

And all the world
is briefly imbued
with deep rusty light,
and purple hued,
until -
brilliant Orion rises,
a crown to winter's night.

(Goblin Valley, Utah
February 1995)

Connie McManus
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: nature
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Goblin Valley, Utah. Red soil and sage brush; sandstone eroded by water and wind into hoodoos - mushroom-shaped goblins. The day was spent hiking through a slot canyon and exploring the hoodoos. After supper, we sit quietly watching the hot blue day evaporate into deeper and deeper colors until it becomes dark. Then the stars shine in all their majesty, brilliant, unsulliedby city light. Then we listen. We barely breathe. Coyote howls, then owls make their calls.

The desert has a magic like no other place.
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