Monsoon Clouds Over Tucson — Image by kenne
From the curves of Catalina Highway
the valley unfurls—
Tucson lying wide and pale
beyond Thimble Peak,
its stone finger pointing skyward.
Above, monsoon clouds gather,
dark towers rising in silence,
their shadows sliding
across rooftops and washes,
a restless tide of shade.
The desert waits,
heat trembling on the plain,
as light breaks through in bursts,
and the promise of rain
hangs heavy in the air,
a gray curtain poised to fall.
We have a picture called “After the Monsoon” above our mantel, a watercolour by an artist from Tucson, Risa Waldt.