Like a young child coloring with crayons,
time scribbled lines upon ancient rocks.
Ocher pigments dust the canyon floor,
draping the bushes in smoky frocks.
Muffled murmurs ricochet off shear
cliff walls, echoing the softest sound.
Flora and fauna flow into view,
as serpentine waters eat up the ground.
Smooth shapes are intricately sculpted,
creating a maze full of twists and turns.
Embedded with tiny quarts crystals,
monoliths sparkle as daylight burns.
Sunset paints the Colorado River
in crimson shades, where rusty rocks bleed.
Its yearly deluge flows to the sea,
grinding out gorges at breakneck speed.
A star studded sky of twinkling lights,
forms a backdrop for a pocked faced moon.
Night pours its dark ink into the chasm,
encasing life in a black cocoon.
A contest entry
- TEN THOUSAND POINTS OF RHYME! (now 12,000) - Part 3 Nature by cricketjeff.
1000 points, ended December 17, 2007, 25 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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Almost as majestic as the canyon it describes.
Please keep entering the other rounds, love is already underway.
Thanks for your entry we both enjoyed reading it
Jeff and Sue
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BREATH TAKING
Your words have painted the most beautiful pictures in my mind and a leave me with a softness of Nature to think on...A wonderful place and the colors and people are so real and down to earth...Winner in my book
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this was fantastic
i love the grand canyon
its beautiful and this poem just took me back to it
oh your words were full of life and colour and images
i just love this poem my friend
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I hope to visit the Grand Canyon one day.
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