Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai Tribe and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
The expanse, the color spectrum, the depth. Nature is all-inspiring and awesome! Write from the Grand Canyon!
Phoenix Rising Poetry Guild 
Something More Grand than the Canyon
The sun
lit up the canyon walls
in rich browns and sepia.
I had been to the Grand Canyon before
with my husband and kids.
We just walked along the paths,
looking, not hiking or exploring
that I would have preferred.
This time wasn’t much different.
Except, we had Vanessa with us.
She can’t walk or talk,
but she can communicate.
What she communicated,
when we wheeled her up
to the lookout spot,
with her wide eyes,
huge smile, her oohs and ahs,
I’ll never forget.
For the honor
of taking her to the canyon,
I felt privileged.
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So moving and tender.
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This is special…the wide eyes captured me…it’s what I imagined would be a likely response as well!
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GRAND CANYON
The trip to the rim’s worth the climb:
for the price of some sweat and some grime
I’m enthralled by the splendor
and powers that render
this marriage of color and time.
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I love that last line! The word “marriage” came to my mind when I was writing but never found the page. This is definitely a place I shed some sweat to see. 🙂
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BOTTOMS UP
High above the chasm wide,
you stand one stride from the bottom.
No fall you can recall could fill
you with such exhilaration.
It’s to die for!
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Imagine! Phew…time traveling swiftly! 🙂
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July 11 – The Grand Canyon
The Overlook
They have this thing at the Canyon
An overlook with glass for a floor
When you walk out on it
It’s like walking on air
Then when you look down
Well, that’s another story
Seriously
I mean, seriously
Not for me, don’t you know
Not for me
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Wow! That would be intense. 🙂
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This one took me on a journey!!
https://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/eyes-wide-walking-backward-forward/
Thank you, for the inspiration. :)’s
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Canyon Fever
Years ago, our friend rode
a donkey around the canyon.
Happily, this practice
was discontinued
before we got there. Viewing
striated red rocks of beauty,
my husband suggested
a helicopter ride. Ah,
but it was not to be. You see,
before the ride, we sat
in an Imax theater watching
the tour we were going to take,
getting sicker by the minute.
We did not fly over the canyon.
Simply looking at the Grand Canyon
was spectacular
from any point of view.
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[…] written for Phoenix Rising, Day 10: Grand Canyon […]
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Here’s mine. A day late, again. https://miskmask.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/phoenix-days-11-the-grand-canyon/
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