clear blue sky, condors floating
high searching for food
Warning signs: drink water
Eat salty snacks, rest often
Don't feed the condors
Sizzling sun too
strong for sprayed-on sun screen
cool breeze soothes hot neck
Awesome rift, ten miles
from side to side. God has carved
limestone with water
Created with help
from a Great Flood, ranger says
Intelligent work
Of Creator's hands
Crimson rock slicing blue sky
breathless I wonder
People everywhere
Yet silence echos throughout
This canyon Grand
Sheer drops no
Railing and sheerer terror
Sister stays well back
Backpack baby sleeps
On foot and tram, at campfire
But not in the tent
Midnight snuggles in
Big black Chevy Surburban
Jim Weiss lulls to sleep
Six hours home with Robots,
Crocodile Hunter, Jonah
and SpongeBob; great trip
*Hat tip to Mopsy, from whom I stole this Haiku idea.
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Snake Hunters said:
As a fair;y prolific writer
of Haiku, and also in admiration
of great PhotoJournalism, I offer
this for your consideration. reb
God loves a balance
He made Angel & Devil
These two, prance about
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We took Gaby to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon last year and loved every minute of it. Your pictures bring back memories. :)
Does it GET any better than that? (sigh) Just beautiful.
Wow! Great pictures and great haiku. I love the "backpack" baby one especially. Your ranger sounds well-versed.
I stole the haiku idea from Matsuo Basho (b. 1644 d. 1694). Hat tip to him. ;)
Gorgeous! Next time take me with you.
How beautiful!
Amazing that you can be so poetic and hilarious in the same post!
We are looking forward to the summer we can take our kids there, too.
You were one of those over-achieving Haiku kids in sixth grade, weren't you? Of course, stunning photographs always help. :-)
These pictures are gorgeous! And I love the haikus. Do you have more pictures? Can we see them when we visit? I've always wanted to go out west!
Oh, that is Gorgeous. Visiting the Grand Canyon has been a goal of mine for several years now. You make me want to go more than ever. I'm glad you had a good trip.
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