Poem: Lenten season in southwestern landscape

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I’d gladly go to the desert
for 40 days. Spare beauty there
                        in a season of not yet—
 
Snow peels itself back
from peaks, and soil begins
                       a thawing process
 
Below on warm desert floor
a javelina snuffles its way through
dry gardens, rooting and
                       scattering seeds
 
In the tumble of large rocks
a tree finds its way up
through a dark crevice
                       reaching for light
 
On O’Keefe’s canvasses (painted multiple times)
a dark patio door proclaims itself
against sundried adobe
                        waiting to be opened
 
Miriam Maust is a member of Waterloo (Ont.) North Mennonite Church.

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