
Spring In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Spring In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Sabino Creek In Sabino Canyon — Art by kenne
— kenne
Prickly Pear Cactus — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
Ocotillo Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— from “Requiem for Sonora” by Richard Shelton
Death In The Desert — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Requien for Sonora”
1
a small child of a wind
stumbles toward me down the arroyo
lost and carrying no light
tearing its sleeves
on thorns of the palo verde
talking to itself
and to the dark shapes it touches
searching for what it has not lost
and will never find
searching
and lonelier
than even I can imagine
the moon sleeps
with her head on the buttocks of a young hill
and you lie before me
under moonlight as if under water
oh my desert
the coolness of your face
2
men are coming inland to you
soon they will make you the last resort
for tourists who have
nowhere else to go
what will become of the coyote
with eyes of topaz
moving silently to his undoing
the ocotillo
flagellant of the wind
the deer climbing with dignity
further into the mountains
the huge delicate saguaro
what will become of those who cannot learn
the terrible knowledge of cities
3
years ago I came to you as a stranger
and have never been worthy
to be called your lover or to speak your name
loveliest
most silent sanctuary
more fragile than forests
more beautiful than water
I am older and uglier
and full of the knowledge
that I do not belong to beauty
and beauty does not belong to me
I have learned to accept
whatever men choose to give me
or whatever they choose to withhold
but oh my desert
yours is the only death I cannot bear
— Richard Shelton
Photo-Artistry by kenne
Mariposa
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
Time, Light, Photos, and Windmill — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
A Rose Can Lift the Soul — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
Tucson Folk Festival (2013) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Images Created Using ChatGPT and the Words Sabino Canyon, Saguaros, and Impressionist — It’s a Beginning
Sandhill Cranes (Whitewater Draw) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
Cooper’s Hawk — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Walt Whitman
Dragonfly Art — Image by kenne
— kenne
Joy Sketched– Art by kenne
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