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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-11-17 02:45 PM

The Hot Spring

Out in the desert, there's a spot
Where water, mineralized and hot,
Comes bubbling out a ridge of stone,
That's like a pile of bleaching bone.
It trickles down the channeled ways
Until it forms a pool that stays
As warm as breath upon your face,
Then vanishes without a trace
And when you bathe, the silt will rise,
That thickly on the bottom lies.
Upon your feet it feels like silk
And makes the water look like milk.
With not another soul around,
No better bathtub can be found.
A desert Venus one might be,
Arising from a sulphur sea!

Betty Lou Hebert

Published in Ozark Muse Magazine 1996

[This message has been edited by Trillium (edited 11-17-2001).]

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-11-17 06:13 PM

Oh, it make me want to crawl right in there. The sun is shining today, but it's almost down to freezing. Joyce

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

2 posted 2001-11-17 07:20 PM

This brought back memories of my grandmother going to a place like that to help ease her arthritis. Sounds like a good idea for my aching bones.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2001-11-19 09:35 PM

I feel like I've been there, Betty! Ahhhhhhh!

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-11-20 12:11 PM

Joyce; I wish we could go there right now and soak for awhile! It always made us feel wonderful!

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2001-11-20 12:14 PM

Songbird: These hot springs are in Nevada on the Black Rock Desert. You can find them of almost any temperature including boiling!
The one I wrote of, was just a perfect temp for bathing and soaking and it did help ease aches and pains.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2001-11-20 12:14 PM

Thanks Denise. It was always a treat to go there.

Betty Lou Hebert

Soaringeagle
Member

since 2000-12-06

Posts 156
CANADA

7 posted 2001-11-20 12:34 PM

ahhhhhh betty
such a wonderful place
your hot spring
such a delightful poem
as winter decends.

warm wishes.....eagle

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

8 posted 2001-11-21 12:26 PM

Soaring Eagle: Thanks so much for your comments. I wish I had a hot spring in my back yard!

Betty Lou Hebert

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