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Hello, my name is Jim Manniso. Twenty five years ago the awe, immensity, and primal beauty of the Grand Canyon inspired me to begin writing this poem. At that time, I was not able to complete The Grand Canyon Epic.

For many years I longed to come back to the canyon. Instead, work and family took priority. Fortunately, I was able to get onboard a river trip. I traveled the Colorado River in a dory, the same type of craft that Major John Wesley Powell used when he and his crew first navigated the river. Inspired and motivated, I finally finished the poem in the year 2001.

By uniting the imaginative spirit of a poem with the visible power of a painting, I was able to forge a unique creation depicting the raw, primal formation of the Grand Canyon. While the completion of The Grand Canyon Epic took a quarter of a century, it's but a passing moment compared to the span of time needed to shape the awesome canyon into its present form.

Take a moment of your own and experience this feat of nature that we call the Grand Canyon and it's mighty river, the Colorado. Give a gift of gratitude for nature!

Now, let me invite you all to explore the site. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me via phone: 302-731-0766, or email - james@printsofpoetry.com.

In The Grand Canyon Epic, the world of beauty is explored in poetry and painting art. From its primordial beginning to the present era, the beauty and wonder of the canyon and its mighty river, the Colorado, is explored.

Displayed in your office, home, or given as a gift to family / friends, time and time again, the Grand Canyon Epic will transport you to the wonderful world of nature’s colossal beauty.

Hung in home, den, office or given as a gift for the adventurer, explorer, traveller, and poet, the epic offers a refreshing repose during those hectic or mundane days. At your leisure, you can vicariously travel the Colorado journey through the rugged canyons and reside in a world of awesome beauty and wonder. Just by reading the poem, viewing the painting, and contemplating that which is grand and wonderful, the thrill and awe can be yours, right in your home or office.

The Grand Canyon Epic is more than just another picture hanging on a wall. It is a dynamic work of art that can come alive in your imagination as the poem is read and the primordial canyon viewed.

As the sages of old whisper through the canyon, “life is short, art is long.” Choose the joy of nature's art and lengthen your days.

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On May 24th, 1869, John Wesley Powell, the "one-armed major", and a crew of 10 men, launched their four boats on the unexplored Colorado river. And thus began their epic journey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.

Tragically, thirteen weeks later, only 2 boats and 6 survivors emerged from the canyon.

On their historic exploration of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Powell and his men traveled through tumultuous river rapids and tranquil calms, mountainous canyons and majestic plains in their journey, where no man had journeyed before.

Powell was a relentless explorer, as well as a keen observer of the wonders of nature. His diary contains profound descriptions of what he saw and felt. One excerpt states:

“Each wall of the canyon is a composite structure, a wall composed of many walls, but never a repetition. Every one of these almost innumerable gorges is a world of beauty in itself. In the Grand Canyon, there are thousands of gorges like that below Niagara Falls, and there are a thousand Yosemites.”