PaloVerde
The Arizona State University West
Literary Magazine

May, 2001
Volume 9, Number 1
 

Poetry

 

Edward Holmes, Jr.
Chief Tutor, Tutoring Services
Chief Test Examiner, Testing Services

Dr. Holmes has more than twelve years of tutoring experience in higher education. With certification in English as a Second Language, he has taught on the elementary, high school, and community college levels. He enjoys being a tutor and mentor for students.

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Arizona Cactus
 by Edward Holmes, Jr.

Cactus,
primordially prickly
plant,
alive with flowers
in the cool desert morn:
prickly pears' purple hue,
saguaros' lemon blossoms,
old barrel cactus,
senior statesman of them all,
fragile with age,
a delicate white.

 

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