The Windshield’s Reminded of America the Beautiful – a poem by Jeannie E. Roberts

The Windshield’s Reminded of America the Beautiful

—inspired by a photograph of a desolate highway in the Mojave Desert


Along this desert highway
where notes of amber wave
beneath Mojave skies
I reveal the blues of cobalt
mirror the melody
of mountains
their steely gleam.

Undimmed
as teal intones
beside scarps of sapphire
my glass reflects the music
of this deserted road.

Along this desert highway
where burnt sienna thrives
in sweeps of sepia
the front seat holds the harmony
of my passengers
their love for one another
this united landscape.

We praise this drive
its majesty
from dune to shining peak.
God shed His grace on thee.
 

Jeannie E. Roberts is the daughter of a Swedish immigrant mother and the author of nine books, including her latest full-length poetry collection On a Clear Night, I Can Hear My Body Sing (Kelsay Books, 2025). An award-winning artist and poet with bachelor’s and master’s degrees, she serves as a poetry editor for the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs and is an Eric Hoffer and a multiple Best of the Net award nominee. She finds joy spending time outdoors and with loved ones.