"Poetry
is the creation of words against the backdrop
of the human heart." |
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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. |
