A Party Night

and Other Snapshots From the Desert

This first poem took awhile to polish, hence the reference to February, which was when this party took place. The effects of the sound in this very rural bit of Arizona were unusually vivid.

The Sound in the Darkness

Off in the darkness
The sound of it drifts
In the thin darkness
Of a warm February night;
The darkness
Quivers faintly and listens
Like a dog wi…