Desert Heat

A tanka poem

Heidi Franklin
Nov 4 · 1 min read
Photo by reneedc on Pixabay

red chiles drying
in the hot Santa Fe sun
become beautiful
ristras hanging from vigas
spicing the desert southwest

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During autumn, throughout New Mexico, strings of brightly-colored dried chiles called

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Heidi Franklin is a writer, adventurer, and all-around hash slinger. She lives in Portland, OR with her husband and an always-on-the-go terrier named Charlie.

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