Flowers of Gold
We have received an unusual amount of rain during this monsoon season. The desert has grown green with the moisture, deciduous trees leafing out and grass and wildflowers sprouting. But there is plenty of gold as well. There are great swathes of desert poppies, and the brittlebrush is beginning to flower. But this poem was written to another golden …
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