Archive for the ‘Zion National Park’ Tag
Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park — Image by kenne
Hymn at Zion’s Court
The cliffs rise like apostles,
robes cut by sun, wind, and rain.
Morning spills down their shoulders,
naming each in the hush of dawn—
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob—
leaning into eternity.
Below, the Virgin River hums,
riffing her own tune
as the sun anoints each peak
with a whisper that says,
“Don’t rush the holy, man—
it’s already here.”
And you can stand there
trying to find your rhythm
thinking maybe this is church,
and the sermon
is silance
with a backbeat.
Zion National Park — Image by kenne
Labor Day Gratitude
On this Labor Day,
we pause in quiet thanks for
long years of labor.
The work was steady,
sometimes hard yet always true,
carrying us on.
Now the gift is ours:
wandering untraveled roads,
rest beneath new skies.
Labor gave us this—
the grace of choice, and the time
to live wide and free.
Zion National Park Towering Cliffs — Image by kenne
The Real Jurassic Park
can be found in the
deposition and preservation
of Navajo Sandstone. Dating
back to the Early Jurassic
situated on one continent
was a vast sand sea. Extreme
winds created towering dunes
of pure quartz sand
dwarfing modern Sahara. Migrating
avalanches over one another
laminating the dune surface
thus becoming more stable.
Changing over time
by climatic cycles
locking stories of time into
Navajo Sandstone and
forming the towering
Zion National Park cliffs.
— kenne
Jill, James, Hugh, Joy, and I drove seven hours from southern Califonia to Springdale, Utah, staying
at the Bubbleberry Inn outside of Zion National Park. Zion is one of our favorite national parks;
having been there several times now.
(Click on any of the tiled images to see them in a larger slideshow format.)
Poolside, in the shade, after spending July 4th in Zion National Park.
Flag In Front of Zion Canyon Ledge (Zion National Park), July 4, 2023 — Image by kenne
The Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park — Image by kenne
Hwy 9 is the major road providing access to Zion National Park. — Image by kenne
The Return: Orihuela, 1965
You come over a slight rise
in the narrow, winding road
and the white village broods
in the valley below. A breeze
silvers the cold leaves
of the olives, just as you knew
it would or as you saw
it in dreams. How many days
have you waited for this day?
Soon you must face a son grown
to manhood, a wife to old age,
the tiny sealed house of memory.
A lone crow drops into the sun,
the fields whisper their courage.
— Philip Levine
Photo-Project In Zion National Park — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Zion National Park (June 10, 2014) — Image by kenne
A park not to love
Dramatic rock formations
Ancient rocks of art.
Ansel Adams views
At the push of a button
We are the keepers.
— kenne
Zion National Park — Image by kenne
“Where words end —Zion begins”
Zion Canyon Panorama — B&W Image by kenne
Mighty and dreadful are your tall columns here,
(through soul and love put you in deep shade)
for you outnumber man and outscore even life itself,
and you are roughly tied with God and, strangely, eyes.
— from Unholy Sonnet # 1 by Billy Collins
Zion Digital Art by kenne
What am I doing?
I am not the one to ask —
Just doing, you know.
— kenne
Zion National Park, Temples, and Towers of the Virgin Panorama (June 10, 2014) — Image by kenne
Temples and towers
Nature’s stairway to heaven
With white angel wings.
In this promised land
A desert sanctuary —
Music of waters.
Navajo sandstone
Majestic cliffs of color
Carved by rain fingers.
— kenne
Our road trip in late April took use through Zion National Park. This was the fourth time in the park, however, unlike the others, we didn’t spend time in the park. The snapshots were acquired by stopping along the route through the park. (Click or touch, depending on your device, to see the images in a slideshow format.)
Images by kenne
“Your photography is a record of your living – for anyone who really sees. You may see and be affected by other people’s ways, you may even use them to find your own, but you will have eventually to free yourself of them. That is what Nietzche meant when he said, ‘I have just read Schopenhauer, now I have to get rid of him.’ He knew how insidious other people’s ways could be, particularly those which have the forcefulness of profound experience, if you let them get between you and your own personal vision.”
– Paul Strand
Zion National Park — Image by kenne
While in southern Utah we drove through this beautiful park on a splendid weather day on our way to St. George, Utah where we would be spending the night before driving on to Las Vegas. More Zion National Park images later.
— kenne
“A serene solidified sanctuary where
Sandstone towers seem like sentinels
Savoring the rays of the searing sun
Accentuating the red rock’s rusty colors”
— from “Calm Captivating (Zion) Canyon” by Reuben Wadsworth
