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Little Shogun
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There is a point along a local nature trail that winds through a very narrow, steep sided canyon. The stream erosion has sculpted some very interesting features. To me, this protruding stone formation resembles a Shogun in full battle dress.

Photo: By Patrick Granfors


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Little Shogun

Solemn guardian

Of Mother Nature

A fickle Empress

Who displays for you

And those who seek

Her menagerie

Of life

Of form

Of spirit

Her entropic journey

Your ultimate destination

As ours

Interwoven with time’s river

Whose flow and speed is constant

Where all are swept into its current

Man, beast, flower, rock

Reduced to dust

Reborn as stone

Chiseled and worn

To become

Perhaps again the

Little Shogun

Who guards

A fickle Empress

 

 

 

Copyright 2011 Patrick Granfors

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Little Shogun"
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on May 19, 2011
Beautiful!

Reviewed by Chip Bergeron
Reviewed on May 17, 2011
Theb beauty of rushing water and wind is what they leave behind....Great poem, Patrick..

Chip Bergeron

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on May 17, 2011
FROM THE ANGLE OF THE PHOTO I CAN'T TELL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME BUT...IT CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO BE PATRICK. YOU'VE EXPOUNDED UPON IT WELL, YOUR PHRASES AND IMAGERY SUPPORT YOUR THEME SOLIDLY. THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK AND I ENJOYED IT. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Christine Tsen
Reviewed on May 17, 2011
You are awfully clever Patrick!
You sure stayed on higher ground with this one, and I like following your thought process.
Happy hiking,
Christine

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on May 17, 2011
great pic and imagination in this superb poem,Patrick!I remember the tv special series of the fascinating Japanese "Shogun" wish they'd show it again...ET

Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on May 17, 2011
Fascinating Stuff, and I'm glad to see that someone else sees many wondrous things in stone and rock.

Reviewed by Richard King
Reviewed on May 16, 2011
If you say so, Patrick. I sometimes see things that aren't there too, but it's generally after a little nip or two. Guess I'll have to get my eyes checked, I just can't see it. Dick

Reviewed on May 16, 2011
I always carry a flask of Jaegermeister when I wonder about in them thar hills, I see all sorts of images, most of them are moving though. Bless ya! Jasmin Horst

Reviewed by Richard Henkel (Reader)
Reviewed on May 16, 2011
Ahh, if only every outcrop whose cryptic geological significance that we had to decipher bore such beautiful mnemonic devices. It's nice to see how your rock-steady roots influence your modern poesy.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on May 16, 2011
Yeah, ya know it does sort of look like that too...funny what our imaginations can imagine...e

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman
Reviewed on May 16, 2011
I really understand what you're saying here, ol' pal because there is a large rock formation about a half mile south of the 101, as one heads north on Kanan Road, that, I swear, looks just like Snoopy sitting on his doghouse watching for the "Bloody Red Baron of Germany" ... Really! As a matter of fact, I call it Mt. Snoopy.
Mark


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