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| Canyon de Chelly, by Ansel Adams, Wikimedia Commons, via Mary Lee Hahn, Year of Reading |
I'm participating in Mary Lee Hahn's Common Inspiration- Uncommon Creations poetry challenge this month. Head over to Year of Reading to read some terrific poetry, including the one that Mary Lee wrote for today.
"Canyon"
Great canyon,
shaped
by the crushing,
grinding
wearing
constancy
of movement.
who have learned
the secret
of bending,
circumnavigating
and pressing
forward
you
who so clearly
comprehend
pattern and layer
clarity and cloud
clarity and cloud
shadow and light
who know
great beauty
derived
from
great adversity
teach me the
secrets
of your
rock canyon
endurance.
(c) Carol Wilcox, 2013
I like the 'talking' to the canyon, revering, describing, entreating. A different voice here, Carol!
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