Pegasus of the Desert
by Jo aka Mrs. Mediocrity aka Kelly
all sun brow flight
and dry bleached white
sentinel of muse and
wing of weather
i bow to you
poet master
take cover from
pounding hooves
and the gleam
in your eye
of mountain
and
in the sand
i write the word
soar
~~~~~
During an evening walk in the desert, the ironwood trees can take on many shapes and forms especially when you let your imagination run wild. Near the end of my walk this particular tree rose out of nowhere, immediately giving me the impression of a horse raring up…perhaps a run-in with a rattlesnake or two…been known to happen in the wilds of the Sonoran desert.
Then I remembered. It looked like the same horse from the many mobil oil cans that my dad used on the farm equipment while growing up. As a child, I loved those cans with that beautiful red horse and would always look for the emblem on the signs as we passed our local gas stations. I was infatuated with that horse and later learned that the oil company used the pegasus as their trademark for many years.
Knowing my love for Kelly’s poetry and how I always look forward to her blog postings, I wrote to ask if she would write about my Pegasus of the Desert. And she did. You know she says she’s an average jo and perhaps she is…based on her “about” page description on her blog. But, I’ve never met her. She’s a cyber friend… But when it comes to her creativity, there’s nothing average about her talent at all. Thank you so much Kelly for your magical words that fit so well with the image I saw in the desert. That one encounter brought back so many visual memories from my childhood!
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This post also makes me remember a horse, the flying red horse, from a gas station sign of my childhood…thanks for the reminder frissy…XXOO GH
What a perfect hook up with you two talented gals!
I am in awe of you both.
That’s magical, Robin, to have seen your Pegasus in that tree. I see it, too, and smile for you and your childhood memories.
You found yourself a perfect Pegasus in the desert.
Love the poem with it, so special, but then, YOU are special
I love your story, and it really does look like that horse. Thank you so much for asking me to collaborate, I really enjoyed it! xoxo
Beautiful words and the photo looks like a painting!
Kelly did such an awesome job putting the words with my capture! Love her work!