saucy underskirts

 saucy pink underskirts

of clouds at sunset

dancing slow-motion

into the night

saucy

saucy pink

layered sunrise

thunderous blue cloudbank wedged upward by pink-purples

a tier of magenta and another of orange-gold

each layer succeeded by brighter rose-golds infused

with incipient sunlight,startling with promise

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from my foothill of the Coastal Range with Mt. Hood just awakening.

red rock canyon

red rock canyon, nevada

 wild burro nibbling on scant gray-green

among unkempt cacti

in front of layered mountains, tumble-textured rises

and calico hills vibrant with orange, beige

gypsum white, scab-blood, iron red

grizzled brown, dotted green

and haunted by startling, deep-shadow black

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rose-gold promise

streaked blue-purples

el Greco dramatic sky

gentleness hinted

by dawn’s warm rose

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sunrise and sunset are two promises made each day