Photo of Wadi Rum in Jordan, Zohrab
"Nameless places/trackless spaces,
undiscovered places we find in each other,
where no one else has been.
"Oases trembling under silk-tent moons
where we bathe in the delight
of sun-tanned, palm-fanned desert sand
"...trackless spaces and heated time-dust
celebrate the ancient rhyme
of only us.”
- Juley Wright
oh, these photos are too much! too much! stop reminding me why i want to go to jordan so badily!! hahaha. ;-)
Posted by: paradise | 23 May 2006 at 23:22
It is an odd feeling, Tara, to look at this beautiful picture and then reflect on my daughter's experiences in Tunisia. It looks so romantic but it's not.
Posted by: Annie | 22 May 2006 at 08:20
Hi Tara... thanks for a great idea - you will see which one - and this great photo...
Take care
Ann Marie, so restricted with great prompts that I wrote the worst thing ever... but who cares... thanks for yours!!!!
Posted by: Ann Marie Simard | 22 May 2006 at 06:39
Incredible - photo and poem. The desert is foreboding to many, but is so spiritual and mysterious to me. Every moment provides a new place to plant a footstep because the sand never stops moving, shifting. Food for much reflection.
Posted by: Rebekah | 22 May 2006 at 06:20
Awesome photo of Jordan and the poem was a perfect expression of its beauty.
I saw DaVinci Code today and it really matched the book. Loved the awesome churches. Really good.
I want to thank you for your beautiful comments. You have the best blogging etiquette I have yet to come across. You remind me of Saint Barnabus "The Encourager." I'm very happy to have found you and your blog :)
Blessings
Posted by: Tammy | 22 May 2006 at 02:11
A photo that makes you think.A tree of life in the desert sand..what stories it can tell
My first time here. Another lucky lady that resides in France! :)
Posted by: naturegirl | 21 May 2006 at 22:25
AAaahhhh, you've just made me so homesick!! When I first saw this photo, I would have bet money that it was New Mexico. There is a place just south of Los Lunas, before Socorro, on I-25 where there is a rest stop overlooking a field of sand dunes and the Manzano mountains in the background.
This is a lovely photo of Jordan, and I'd very much like to visit that country someday, but for now I am longing for my home in the desert.
Posted by: Ali | 21 May 2006 at 22:06
WOW that picture is awesome, as is the poem...thank you for your kind words for Sunday Scribblings. I loved yours as well.
mab
Posted by: mab | 21 May 2006 at 19:47
great poem!
it gives a whole new meaning to how "hot" it can be in the desert :-)
ps...made Air France reservations today...ooo la la!
Posted by: susan | 21 May 2006 at 18:39