POETRY

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Into the West Sonnet Series

Amy Jasek
1 min readMar 8

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison | 35mm film photo by author (widelux)

Rocky evidence: time leaves a rough gash,
water torture wears away resistance
from the black stone. When it all comes to pass
what is left is beautiful persistence.
Deep, and abrupt, this fall through the layers
down to where the river still runs, distant
and sparkling as an old memory
when the light shines on it again. Planted…

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