Canyon Echoes: And Other Poems

By Henry H. Gray

The poems herein–drawn from a life of 100 years–are reflections on nature, travel, writing, ageing, philosophy, and yes, life. Some of these poems have appeared in the Meadowood Anthology, a periodical publication by and for residents of the Meadowood Retirement Community where he now lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9781728377155

Henry H. Gray

Henry H. Gray is a geologist. During a long association with the Indiana Geological Survey in Bloomington he has authored a number of scientific and technical reports and geologic maps. In retirement he has turned his pen primarily to essays for his family, but now and then a poem appears unbidden in the mix. Some of these verses have appeared in the Meadowood Anthology, a quarterly publication by and for the residents of the Meadowood Retirement Community in Bloomington.

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No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse  01/31/2023

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7716-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7714-8 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7715-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023900630

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Contents

Canyon Echoes

The Game

Oak Leaves

The tiny golden leaf

The Bright Trail

Ambition

Crystal Clarity

Life’s Paths

Frost

Fine Art

Kansas Prairie

St. Joseph Beach

Redtail Hawk

January

Fragments of a Life

Your Universe

Connections

Bridges

The Barber Shop, 1935

First Love?

We Are Such Stuff

The New Chapter

Beginnings?

Agony or Ecstasy

Walking

Pacific K4s

Paoli Local

Six Epigrams

Sagebrush

Sand

Dancing Shadows

Foggy Morning

Butterfly

Moonrise

The Cape

Just Listen!

Wood Thrush

Each morning

The wintry sunset

The Storied Rock

The Presence

Now and Then

This Thing Called Love

You Never Know

A Fragment

And All Our Yesterdays

Time, the Tyrant

My Seventh Age

The Wayward Word –

The Right Word

On the Pond

A Vignette

A Winter’s Tale

Nevermore

Brief Encounter

The Survivor

Oak Leaf

The Not-so-lost Muse

A Pleasant Spot for Lunch

Aspen in the Fall

The List

The Older I Get

My View

Talking Trees

Cypress –

Sycamore –

Blue-tailed Skink –

Dark Thoughts

Donora, PA October 1948

The Occasional Poet

Things Left Undone

The Truth Prevails

The Wall

The Darkest Hour

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Foreword

This book’s for browsing.

Dog-ear the page you might wish to read again,

and browse on.

A scattering of poems herein are from my earlier book, A Few Poems for Alice (Author House, 2015) and are reprinted here with permission.

I dedicate this little volume to the memory

of my late wife, Alice, who encouraged my writing.

The layout and cover for this book

were designed by Finn Boulding.

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Canyon Echoes

They lived here many years ago,

Men, women, children of another race.

For generations they wrought a living

From this dry, forbidding place.

They lived here, raised their families,

But wrote no words to mark their passing.

Houses now are silent, voices quelled,

Fields barren, temples unattended.

What brought