That there should be bright stars is yet a wonder.  
And I have wondered at the sea, the empathetic roar of waves  
The final coming of the tide, the sand,  
The multicolors of the land, the desert splendid  
Red and yellow, blooming cactus,  
Silver willow, the sanity of open plain  
The strong smooth ever prairie wind.
 
©1972 William H. Southwell
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