#gunnison
Over untallied millennia,
roiling Gunnison waters
sliced through southern Colorado
schist and gneiss like a sabre -
carving tower walls of black rock
ribboned with tableaus of
pegmatite and mica flakes
flickering in the mid-day sun.
2,000 feet below, meandering
through its stark canyon walls
like some legendary serpent,
the Gunnison murmurs softly -
resting on its laurels.
Robert Charles Howard
September 2019
Sep 15, 2019
Sep 15, 2019 at 10:45 AM UTC