Colorado River Poems - Poems about Colorado River

Zephyr

...Whether a trip to a sister's funeral in Chicago;
Or another trip to Los Angeles for my aunt's funeral;
Or a slow ride to a family reunion in Chicago;
Or a 'Bucket-list' trip to an NFL game in Kans...

Grand Canyon and Colorado River

...moving slow and fast 
flows through beautiful landscapes
  ~reaches destiny~

nature's masterpiece
    envolves views beyond the sun
                ~beauty embraces peace~

            red, ...

Ode' To the Toad

...Always did we hear them sing
                                   A joyful lifting croak
                           We always had to watch our dog
                            For the poison toad wil...

Grand Canyon

...Travelling along the time-carved corridor of life
I filled the brimming bucket with buds of wishes,
some withered, didn’t descry the dawn of the day,
some bloomed, pleased me with beguiling flower...

A Good Day To Cry

...President Trump,
a master at the deceptive art of lying;
says he is going to build a wall
along the Colorado River; that's true.
But it's a cruel endgame
that will be devastating for imm...

If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxvii

...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXVII

IF ever I had a country proud of its wall-less porous boundary

And if ever by no mistake of the Supreme High Command of the International Militaro-Business C...

A List of Things Less Needed

...1.) An amoeba on the cellular level
2.) A flashlight on the sun
3.) The Colorado River at 2:15 am
4.) Thursdays on the moon
5.) Oxygen....Strike that....We need that
6.) Blank checks when full c...

Mountains

...Climb the terrain slowly, the nature's wonder is unfolding
Look afar, the Rocky Mountain peaks are beholding
Marvel the scenic wonder of rising bluish hues 
Catch the rainbow hiding behind snow co...

The Chasm

...Scribbling with amber-colored crayons,
time scrawls sepia on ancient rocks.
And ocher and orange canyon walls
rise above bushes wearing dust frocks.

Flora and fauna are left behind
ser...

Dust

...I need nothing 
But the red setting sun
And to rest easy in the palm of night
With the prairie’s cool arms around me.
I came in on dirty horse hooves 
And lonely cowboys’ hats,
Blown far away f...

When the River Flowed

...© 2011 (Jim Sularz) 
(Dedicated to my Brother-in-Law: William L. Browne III (1959-2011) 
who drowned in the Colorado River when visting family and friends
on a fishing trip.  Bill was found 4 mont...

The Grand Canyon

...From the Painted Desert, head west
Past sagebrush, brittle bush, desert scrub
And The Petrified Forest at rest
To the Rocky Mountains above
Go past the Continental Divide
Below Douglas firs and ...

The Guardians of Chacoan Canyon

...Hear the whispering voices of our tribal ancestors,
Echoing against the rough rock skin of Chacoan Canyon,
Telling the outsider white devils, that this is sacred ground,
Do not dare to tread here,...

58 Hours of Rail

...By way of Amtrak we journeyed slowly but surely from Sacramento to Chicago.  We departed Monday morning July 21st at the scheduled time of 11:09 am.  From that moment on, one could feel that the word...

River's End

...Wherever our Colorado River ends, 
life recedes with its water, 
it no longer has a delta. 
There are only miles of cracked earth.
Far in the distance deep fissures spread.
Crags, low mountains,...

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