Evening Oasis
by Ed Keenan, Author of Nature & the Southwest

Rusted hinges of copper tinges
Reflect colors of evenin’ orb
Burnin’ sand and bendin’ shadows
Smearin’ paint on artist board

On the easel of desert twilight
Outlinin’ the shape of time
Earth chapped by summer sunset
Stain horizon’s arid wine

And echoes drift reflect the gold
Of dust storms on the fly
Calendars carved in sand dunes
Winds across a canvas sky

When beddin’ down at desert edge
Under a bluish tamarisk
The oasis finds a tired cowboy
‘Neath heavens silver disc

 Ed Keenan © 4-02