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    Desert Notes
    Desert Notes
    Desert Notes
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    Desert Notes

    By Barbara Maria Michalska

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    As title implies the poems in Desert Notes are just that; short notes each fitting a page. In four chapters the journey through desert unfolds. The landscape changes little at the start of each day leading the reader either to a stopover at one of many oases or to the very end of existence. Paradises are flickering with probing images in minds prone to exaggeration and death is a constant companion. The author attempts to balance both in a landscape humbled by scarcity. From time to time humanity steps in with self adoring ego to take into possession all left behind by gods. In a land scorched by sun anything is possible; the conquest, the perils of indignity, and stagnation in between. The authors intention was to pay a tribute to man however small endeavours he undertakes and portray the imminent loneliness of his dreams. The journey takes only 102 pages no more than an hour of the readers time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJul 28, 2008
    ISBN9781462835850
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      Desert Notes - Barbara Maria Michalska

      Copyright © 2008 by Barbara Maria Michalska.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

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      Contents

      PROLOGUE

      Resurgence of paradises

      CHAPTER I

      PSALMS OF DESERT

      Desert Psalm

      Unfettered by a breeze

      Desert prayer

      Musing dunes

      A day in a desert

      Desert secrets

      Horizon of memory

      Nourished by splendour of desert

      Path across the sky

      A view beyond horizon

      Venom of uncertainty

      Revenge of desert

      A shout

      Sunset ritual

      Grey hues of tombs

      Night’s eye shadow

      Above dome of heaven

      Under the volcano

      Caresses of night

      Under the wings of angels

      Sleeping Beauty

      Somewhere not far from here

      Your daughters

      To Paraguay

      Cathedral

      CHAPTER II

      INHABITANTS OF DUNES

      Inhabitants of dunes

      Distances too vast to worship

      Desert night

      A hunter

      Desert knights

      A face of a grieving Madonna

      Triumph Arc

      A loose thread in destiny

      Old man

      Lord Jim

      Voices of elements

      Emperors of desert

      Dragons unleashed

      Pride and sacrifices

      A flame of the last sunset

      Eyelids sealed by sand

      A vast desert between us

      The end of blooming season

      Vagabonds of a new era

      Wandering tribe

      Crossing the blue lagoon

      Book of desert

      Apocalyptic sun

      Memory of desert

      Night of waiting

      CHAPTER III

      A PATH OF MOONLIGHT

      A path of moonlight

      Velvet steps of time

      Lavish night

      Island of escape

      A man in distress

      Golden dust of treason

      Trapped by fire

      Strength of sainthood

      Splash of green

      Scraps of life

      Shipwreck

      Gods have mercy

      Break away

      Unsettled web of universe

      A road to Las Vegas

      Map of moonlight

      Heartbroken by desert

      Stranded antelopes

      Desert curse

      Eyes dark wells

      Lost caravan

      Waiting for Pegasus

      White regatta

      Prisoners of lunar rings

      By moonlight

      CHAPTER IV

      PLENTIFUL OASIS

      Plentiful oasis

      Water carriers

      In the heat of desert

      Sleepless among dunes

      Hungry tongues of sand

      Seven boudoirs

      Princess of Fallujah

      Music of the blind

      Mona Lisa smile

      Each mile closer to oasis

      The last station

      Stray dogs are coming to oasis

      A face of ordeal

      The last illusion

      Worshipers

      Temple of dawn

      Oasis adorned with flowers

      A garden of love

      An ibis wing on your shoulder

      Red shield of sun

      Associations

      Free of bondage

      Someone is holding your hand

      A blue jungle of feelings

      Desert paradise

      EPILOGUE

      PROLOGUE

      Resurgence of paradises

      Back from expedition you were greeted like a hero

      subtle shades of dunes now traded

      for warm colours displayed on women’s dresses

      fuzzy

      in the opaque light of evenings

      strict code of behaviour

      replacing free will

      It has been proven desert imbedded in seclusion prospers

      on peripherals

      of humanity

      for most part remaining inscrutable

      to mind’s inquiry

      adding a new dimension to a quest of leading men

      forced to move away from tangible civilized means

      back to archaic beliefs

      What really happened will never be disclosed

      for fear dark passages of diary

      would become detrimental to promotion of the future

      explorations

      In details carefully selected to ensure warm reception

      you delivered a synopsis

      of undertaking

      with emphasis on intuitive aspect

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