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“Walking Among the Legend People” by Marianne Hales Harding

Updated: Sep 24

In Bryce Canyon, nature’s flip book of erosion,

Hoodoos crowd the amphitheater

dripping sunset colors,

waxing and waning

(though truly always waning),

Piute Legend People

cycling through the life

of a temporary rock feature

(a scant 10,000 years).


The crowd of 7th graders pause

their quick march long enough to find

orange falcons and candy corn and chess sets crumbling

around tenacious, vanilla-scented pines

(true story—we checked).

Peering at ever-changing faces

through their own ever-changing faces.

Children waxing into adulthood

through the ruthless weathering

that no rock or child can escape.


But waning too.

Our scant 100 years more temporary

than the smallest column.

Our faces painted with our inevitable sunset.

Our Legend People a breathtaking

snapshot of one moment

in the unflinching cycle of life.

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