American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Walking Naked




i made
my song
a coat
covered with
embroideries
out of
old mythologies
from heel
to throat;
but the fools
caught it,
wore it in
the world's eye
as though
they'd wrought it.
song,
let them
take it
for there's
more enterprise
in walking
naked.
--william butler yeats
(1865--1939)

looking east from Horseshoe Mesa (top)
Horseshoe Mesa from Grandview Trail (mille)
Little Colorado River (below)
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