Cliff Gallery

 

Ancient beasts

etched in sandstone,

crawl the walls

of this cliff gallery,

seeking level ledges,

fleeing from 

haunting human forms.

Petroglyphs

escaping timelessness;

trying to change 

the end of the story. 

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 2. "Newspaper Rock" - Canyonlands National Park - Utah

3. Dinosaur National Monument - Colorado & Utah 

entering

entering this place;

perceptual awareness

flowing through my soul

© 2019 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Dinosaur National Monument - Utah

Lichens

the texture and the

topography of lichens

color rocks and trees

© 2019 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Dinosaur National Monument - Colorado

2. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

Published in Stone

Bold beasts
suspended in sandstone,
traveling through time,
rambling nowhere.

Angular, circular,
intense with purpose.
Hands drawing hands.
Hands drawing tracks.

Cut with care
and crude tools,
dyed with earth's pigments,
their instruments of art express:

respect for ravens
and fear of snakes;
pursuit of elk, bison,
antelope and deer.

Meals shared
with stories of the hunt.

Visions published in stone.
Preserved for centuries.

© 2018 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

Dinosaur National Monument ~ Colorado

Dinosaur National Monument ~ Utah

Canyonlands National Park ~ Utah

May You Walk II

May you walk...

Under thunderheads rising high after sunset.

Into valleys streaked with earth's bold colors.

Among arching grasses frosted in winter sun.

Over rolling hills peppered with pines.

May you walk through the seasons 
of your life attentive, and alert,
with a joyful sense of gratitude.

© 2015 Richard Havenga

You may also enjoy: May You Walk - February 7, 2014

Photo Locations:

1. Pickerel Lake Park - Kent County, Michigan

2. Dinosaur National Monument - Vernal, Utah 

3. McCarthy Lake - Kent County, Michigan

4. Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Dakota