Death Valley by John Grey

Photo courtesy of Abby Kihano

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in
That, Dunes Review, Poetry East and North Dakota Quarterly with work upcoming in Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Thin Air, Dalhousie Review and failbetter.



DEATH VALLEY



Sand abbreviates a ghost town’s story,

shutters the mine,

buries the roads leading in and out.



A lesser history gives birth to saltbush,

No trees. No shadows.

The sun’s advance is unstoppable.



Grainy wind

blows from the west

Dust devils dance

on rocky floor.

That’s it for movement.