"Mount Franklin" by Eula Cates Oliver

From the ridge above Fusselman Canyon looking south

Enjoy the poem below by Eula Cates Oliver from the Franklin Mountains Wilderness Park Master Plan and Long Range Development Plan of the City of El Paso, Texas. It is simply titled "Mount Franklin".

In the dust time and the dawning

Old Mount Franklin, gaunt and bare,

Holds a wondrous compensation

From the desert's heat and glare.

Etched against the blazing skyline,

Sunset paling into night,

Purple shadows lovely vistas

Vying with the holden light.

Sunset sprays the sky with splendor

Mount Franklin's topped with glory rare,

Slowly dying, crimson shadows

Bring the hush of ev'ning prayer.

Please sign the petition.

Happy Thanksgiving