American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Visitor Who Does Not Remain





A wilderness,
in contrast
with those areas
where man
and his own works
dominate
the landscape,
is hereby
recognized
as an area
where the earth
and its
community
of life
are untrammeled
by man,
where man
himself
is a visitor
who does not
remain.
--Wilderness Act of 1964

Angels Gate from outside Vishnu Canyon (top)
Mencius and Confucius Temples from Whites Butte (below)

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