Swatch of nature
exquisite details
stitched together
shimmering threads
flitting wings
dew-drop prisms
orange-cupped lilies
prospecting bees
sugary sippers
bluebirds on watch
geese rising
above pasture grasses
back and forth
up and down
weaving beauty.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Greatest Show on Earth
Come one, come all
to this grand concavity
nature’s architects at work
elaborate motifs, ideal forms
mirrored in human spaces
the Parthenon
Easter Island faces
French chateaux
Egyptian pyramids
Persian palaces
Angkor Wat
Aztec temples
Moorish cloisters
walled city of Carcassonne
Gothic cathedrals
Italian palazzos, campaniles
Buddhist shrines
the Roman Colosseum
Stonehenge
sphinxes, gargoyles, Chinese dragons
exact archetypes
visible in situ
brilliantly carved
millennia before
in the Grand Canyon Rock Art Museum.
to this grand concavity
nature’s architects at work
elaborate motifs, ideal forms
mirrored in human spaces
the Parthenon
Easter Island faces
French chateaux
Egyptian pyramids
Persian palaces
Angkor Wat
Aztec temples
Moorish cloisters
walled city of Carcassonne
Gothic cathedrals
Italian palazzos, campaniles
Buddhist shrines
the Roman Colosseum
Stonehenge
sphinxes, gargoyles, Chinese dragons
exact archetypes
visible in situ
brilliantly carved
millennia before
in the Grand Canyon Rock Art Museum.
Spectators in the Canyon
Some rotund or spindly limbed
others with wide, flat faces
warmed by the desert sun
baked at night by heated rocks
sessile in stunning surrounds
witnesses to rush-by torrents
and serendipitous greeters
of one-way-ticketed tourists.
others with wide, flat faces
warmed by the desert sun
baked at night by heated rocks
sessile in stunning surrounds
witnesses to rush-by torrents
and serendipitous greeters
of one-way-ticketed tourists.
Rafting Through the Grand Canyon
Fingers curl around
ropes and straps
to ride the bucking waves
holding on, holding on
bodies tense
muscles taut
braced for the wet onslaught
holding on, holding on
hands clamp
in vise-like grip
against disaster
holding on, holding on
gobbling dragons
lie below
in inertial wait
holding on, holding on.
ropes and straps
to ride the bucking waves
holding on, holding on
bodies tense
muscles taut
braced for the wet onslaught
holding on, holding on
hands clamp
in vise-like grip
against disaster
holding on, holding on
gobbling dragons
lie below
in inertial wait
holding on, holding on.
Temple of Rock
Temple of rock
anointed by
wind and water
monumental shrine
with coded layers
of untold stories
sacred beauty
product of eons
still unfolding
inaccessible
except to few
seeking majestic
fragments dispensed
as talismans
to these pilgrims.
anointed by
wind and water
monumental shrine
with coded layers
of untold stories
sacred beauty
product of eons
still unfolding
inaccessible
except to few
seeking majestic
fragments dispensed
as talismans
to these pilgrims.
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