Best Petroglyphs Poems

resounding echoes in
caves of timelessness
my hands caressing walls of rock 
never kissed by daylight
walls that speak loudly
of proud ancestors
immortalizing their
essence and
existence
painting
dwelling
hunting
sleeping
making tools
raising families
communicating 
telling stories
leaving messages
their legacy
much like us
in many ways
yet so very different         



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McKee Springs petroglyphs
southeast flank of the Ulnta Mountains
twenty-two miles past Quarry Visitor Center
a long ways from Kansas City

take island park Road
it is impassible during wet or winter weather
call and ask before you attempt passage

do not touch the story-telling petroglyphs
they are fragile and irreplaceable
do not trace...

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Petroglyphs scattered
All over Hawaii
Carved on black volcanic rocks
Mysterious they are
Stoke human curiosity
Unendingly

Human and other forms
Numbers and writings
Carved by the island’s ancient natives
Long before the Whites entered the scene

No one can gauge
What they truly meant
We are left with guesses and conjectures
Lots of touristic balderdash

Me, a frail,...

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paper burns
internet crashes
petroglyphs...

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