Cattails By A Sonoran Desert Creek — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The sonoran desert
a very diverse place
wildflowers take turns
blooming so visitors
can always see them —
what a beautiful world.
— kenne
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Cattails By A Sonoran Creek Leave a comment
Doubtful Pass Signposts Leave a comment
Doubtful Pass Signposts – Image by kenne
The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.
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Painted Desert — B&W Photo 6 comments
Painted Desert– B&W Image by kenne
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives
as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild,
the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of
civilization itself.”
― from Desert Solitaire by
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument Panorama 3 comments
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Panorama by kenne
A Beautiful land under attack
Managed by people who don’t
Care for its natural beauty.
Steep eroded escarpments
Exposing hundreds of layers
Of richly colored rock strata.
A lost land filled with hoodoos,
Slot canyons, towering cliffs with
Undulating curves of sandstone.
— kenne
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Serious Birders Leave a comment
Serious Birders (Tubac, Arizona — March 2018) — Image by kenne
Scopes and cameras
Black hawks on the horizon
Serious birders.
— kenne
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Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell Leave a comment
Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell — Images by kenne
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Joshua Tree Leave a comment
Joshua Tree — Image by kenne
The splendor of the Joshua tree
is as unique and identifiable
to the Mohave Desert
as the majestic saguaro cactus
is to the Sonoran Desert.
— kenne
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The Open Road 1 comment
The Open Road — Image by kenne
“Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading me wherever I choose…
Allons! whoever you are! come forth!
You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house, though you built it, or though it has been built for you….
Allons! be not detain’d!…
Allons! the road is before us!”
— Walt Whitman
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“Earth, Sky and Tumacácori” — Photo Artistry by kenne
A priestly man
once traveled
the desert southwest
mounted a horse
armed only with love
a force without
a presidio of soldiers
connecting with people
of many tribes
building adobe missions
each opened to the morning sun
located within walking distance
understanding the desert paradox.
— kenne
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The Clouds Above Leave a comment
The Clouds Above — Image by kenne
Silence accepts their shape
Each a face in the sky
Changing as beams of light
Shine on their own truth.
— kenne
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Intoxicated by the Possible Leave a comment
“Just a Broken Limb” — Digital Art by kenne
Just A Broken Limb
Broken by the storm
Tumbled by the wind
Pebbled by the sand
Captured by the rock
How far I have come
From what I was
Lost between was and now
Never to go home again
Resting against the rock
Disguised as a twig
Knowing all that matters
Intoxicated by the possible
kenne
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Desert Eunuchs 4 comments
Desert Eunuchs — Image by kenne
left naked
in the sun
skin burned
power seized
desire lost
eunuchs
of the desert
no one to serve
— kenne
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Tonight We Ride Leave a comment
Sunset Canyon Shadows — Grunge Art by kenne
Tonight we ride
in the dark shadows
of sunset canyon
crossing the border
in the moonlight
down the dusty trail
where the ashes
of the past stir
volver, volver.
— kenne
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Vineyard 1 comment
Vineyard — Computer Art by kenne
Vineyards
When strolling through arbors
choosing poems to intoxicate you,
luxurious good taste demands
I select certain reddish vines.
Your shimmering petals
show succulence.
I desire to swallow you
like vivid heady lines.
— Cleatus Rattan
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Border Ranch Painting Leave a comment
Painting by kenne
Crossing The Border
Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends.
— Ogden Nash
