“Desert Rain” by Mary Hunter Austin

Desert Rain by Mary Hunter Austin AZPoetry.com

Desert Rain

High in the sierras,
All the smouldering summer,
Sudden the thunder!
Rain on the mountains,
Rain on the dry hills,
Spate in the gullies.

Manna of heaven
That lays the dust of the valleys,
Manna of heaven,
Working a miracle.

Rain on the desert,
Meagre and moldy,
Kissed into blossom;
Nourished to comfort
My heart and my valley’s
After the thunder.

About the Author

Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934) was an American writer who wrote extensively about the American Southwest.

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