“Desert Rain” by John Gould Fletcher

Desert Rain by John Gould Fletcher AZpoetry.com

Across the burnished mesas
They march in lines of jade,
The thunder-heads assembled
To crush the light parade.

The shadow of their wingspread
Sweeps through the cañon’s door;
Out leaps a sounding fury,
And torrent floods the floor.

About the poet John Gould Fletcher

John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who often drew inspiration from the landscapes of the American Southwest.

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