like a rainbowed whisper
it murmurs through
the mountain mist
slips between damp molecules
slides down the Santa Cruz Valley
floats out
over the reach of giant saguaro
to dissipate
in the desert
About
Sheryl L. Nelms
Prolific poet SHERYL L. NELMS has had her work published in such recherche journals as Naked Man, Sulphur River Review, and Up Against the Wall Mother. What ever happened to magazines with straight- forward names, like THE ECPHORIZER?