...The stars’ soft flare
Eternal lies behind the ebb and flow
Of waning day and waxing night,
Of winter sunrise, tremulous of glow,
And glories of the moon as she takes flight.
The ancient guardians of the desert know
Behind all things the stars are still alight.
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Sonnet for a Night of Solstice

At midnight, how I saw the mighty Bear
Uplift by ancient pillars of pale green
Saguaros, slender columns scarcely seen
Where nightbound earth touches the nightbound air.
And the saguaros raise the stars to where
They ramp across the midnight’s somber sheen
To hang upon the solstice like a screen
Behind the night and day....
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Only a brush of white on the peaks now,
The rest of the mountains are brown;
The peaceful clouds look over the brow
Like a flock of sheep looking down.

The sky is bluer than summer days are;
The valley is almost green,
For the sheep came grazing from seas afar
Though nothing of ocean is seen.

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