desert under wraps/highway 17
desert under wraps/highway 17
by Constance Schultz
desert under wraps a secret thing
coyotes know and cougars
in caves and steppes
roam ravines
run thru large fields cut short
alone
worry weather
where will they run
across Lake Lenore
her caves/shelter
from cruel winds
hunker down til spring
except when it snows
then watch it fall
up in the water
Constance Schultz and her family live and hike by Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. Her writing is greatly influenced by Carl Sandburg, e.e. cummings and Langston Hughes. Ms. Schultz has work in or forthcoming in multiple journals and magazines including the Calamus Journal, Figroot Press, Verdancies, Empty Mirror and Indicia.
Image by Rick Cameron, found on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/oDLDnd
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