I wrote these as three standalone yet related poems in the style of Japanese quatrains called koutas. Koutas often employ onomatopoeic words, so I’ve encorporated a dozen across these poems. Koutas are also often accompanied by other koutas of similar themes, which I’ve attempted to do here. I imagined my time in Wadi Rum when writing these, hence the references to jebels & rose red canyons.. though, I am swept by any outing in nature alone.