Taos Canyon Box

Cafe inspiration, flipping through the photo box.

Taos Canyon Box

Whispers, what a sweet word...
Time has made sound a ruff brush ,
A whisper calls focus
Soft let me hear,
Share....
Ann '76 wagon-train across the U S A,
Ann rafting the "Box" below Taos,
To wait,
Till we were 60,
Ann Navy,
Ann one of Thixton's Tasmanians ,
Thixton a real Marine,
A Woman like Ann,
We had never scene,
Ann photographic mind,
Ann first out of flight school,
Ann young testosterone all-around, 
Pensacola jets carrier bound,
Ann... another crossed over,
Head on... now gone....
But the Canyon Box of my Mind
Kodachrome..... or Crayon ..so full
Nearly 60.

Author's Note

Lost two that week, one by a Drunk crossed over head on, Then to stand me up, mother, Nancy drunk ,crossed over killed a family. one by a Drunk the other Drunk , Dimples in my Soul.Both were on the same river trip,years before in the Canyon below Taos running the Rio Grande, The Box.

Reviews

[OBWhiteHawk]

Yeah! This is amazing man, so deep and I love that you talk about New Mexico too. I am from Shiprock myself. I wish I could write this good, I am going to keep going and hope I get better.

[lee von cleef]

" as Popeye would say" "thanks for the gumball" New Mexico not much different from the old one, Don't judge your self, like the kid digging in the pile of horse poop "There has to be a pony under here someplace"

[SHEEMA HUQ]

This reads rather like a 'tribute chant', you have unravelled aspects of thsi lady's life very eloquently, a story told well, isn't it astonishing when memories come rushing back to us?

[Just Kim]

such a sad write but nicely written

[John]

Sad and poignant. The poem has a real sense of tragedy, a heroic figure cut down in her prime. Why shouldn't sixty be someone's prime? It starts with a whisper and finishes with a cry of despair.

[icelandicblue]

Using the name Ann over and over was spellbinding. This is unique and the devastation is agonizing.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Your unique way with words leaves quite an impression on the reader... how can some some just carelessly throw life away.

[Tree]

Powerful thing you leave us with. The right photograph is a one way ticket deep into the heart and mind. Time traveling within yourself. Thanks Lee for bringing it home