Petra Poems - Poems about Petra

There are doors but you can’t knock upon them And if they were opened There is nothing to see if they did Just a hollowed out space Large enough for the width of a door And no more Some temples are like this A dry sandstone and façade and fascia Not the delving warrens of the tombs of Kings There is nothing...

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An amazonian appears over cliff ledge Looking down at her butterfly allies To defend her they promise with a dying pledge In the fields beyond her stone enemies arise She leaps into the fray, grinding rock into clay, The butterflies rally with glimmering wings, For they know her optimal skills have won them the day. That’s why the butterfly chorus now sings. Gold...

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A stairway of tinted boulders reveals The fable of old gods marking a past, Etched on tall red-stones divinely claimed… And as I ascend to touch a warm glow, My feet quiver among hallowed mounds Of blazing rocks, of sacred pillars. In awe, I listen to Jordan’s songs As one city’s heart flames through Siq winds Humming through early noon’s desert trail Which climb...

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You are a Venus of beauty multiplying at night, As your City Lights adorably carpet each mountain, The moon smiles above you with its gleam so bright; A breathtaking view which a repertoire cannot even contain In admiration of your panorama springing like a fountain. The sun rejoices each day upon your vast splendid arid ground, As spectators stride along your...

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On this one house ...

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