American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Stroll Around The Grounds Until You Feel At Home

Bach: Cello Suites (Rostropovitch )

Bach: Cello Suites (Yo-Yo Ma )


Battering rams, blind mules,
mounted policemen, trucks
hauling caverns of granite,
elephants grappling gorillas
in a death struggle,
cathedrals, arenas, platforms,
somersaults of telescoped
railroad train wrecks,
exhausted eggheads,
piles of skulls,
mountains of empty sockets,
mummies of kings and mobs,
memories of work gangs
and wrecking crews,
sobs of wind and water storms,
all frozen and held on paths
leading on to spirals
of new zigzags...
--Carl Sandburg
(describing Grand Canyon)


ABOVE UNKAR RAPID
INNER GORGE OUTSIDE CLEAR CREEK CANYON
CONFUCIUS AND MENCIUS TEMPLES FROM WHITES BUTTE

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