Hole-in-the-Rock Haikus

Published in Heritage and Horizon
in San Juan
by Heritage Arts Festival April 26, 1975

    Hole-in-the-Rock travelers
Twisting, steep switchbacks reveal
         Slow, rolling wagons.

   by Virginia Blake
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     Our Prophet calls us
From family, home, and friends
      Chosen ones to teach.

   by Kay Bayles
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Children's poetry from 1980 San Juan Centennial Sampler

(Couplets, Haikus, Cinquains)

The Founding of San Juan County
By Lynette Black (6th-8th grade category)

S  is the place where we will start
     to learn about the San Juan parts
A  is for the great accomplishment
     that our forefathers severely spent
N  is for the number of sacrifices borne
    once, twice, and many times more.
J  is the joy they spent in waiting
    on catching up, and never debating.
U  is the unaccountable times they shared
    which they loved and really cared,
A  is for their attitude rugged and strong,
     for that is what kept them rolling along.
N  is for Nature who showed them her worst
     but they made it through all in spite of her curse.
C  is for the children who didn't much play
     but they trudged along and were happy and gay.
O  is for the oxen who pulled heavy loads
     down the long, rough, and weary roads.
U  is for the ups and downs which they had,
     sometimes they were glad, and other times sad.
N  is for the necessary thing that they used
     to make life for them easy and for us, too.
T  is the thakfulness we should have for our country,
    and for the hardships our forefathers had settling this country.
Y  is for the few years we've got left to spend
    to make good use of life, before times come to an end.

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The Hole-in-the Rockers 

by Nathan Wilcox  2nd grade

Pioneers,

Hardworking, brave

Covered wagon travelers

finding a new home

Trail blazers.

Hole-in-the Rock
by Jonas Manheimer, 2nd grade

Hole-in-the Rock
Slick, Rocky
Bumpy, hard, dustry
San Juan River
Cliff

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Hole
by Krissa L. Shumway 2nd grade

Hole
White, brown
worked, built, camped
They took the wagon a part
Rocks

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Pioneers
by Sheila Oshley

Pioneers
Blue, Black,
Work, walked, dug
They made a hole,
People

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Clay Hill
By Kevin Palmer 2nd grade

Clay Hill
bumpy, rocky
slick, dusty, steep
Pioneers walked many miles
Cliff
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Hole in the Rock
by Jerria Redd

Hole
Happy, pretty,
Worked, sang, danced
They walked really far to Bluff.
Travelers

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The Pioneers of San Juan County
by Chad McDaniels, 4th grade

Journey
Scary, difficult
Blasted, worked, prayed;
It was a hard journey for the
Pioneers of San Juan County.

Travel
Oxen, horses, covered wagons,
Hard, bumpy, dusty and dirty;
It was hard travel
For Pioneers of San Juan

Trip
Hungry, long,
Cold, tired, hardships;
It was a hard journey
For the pioneers.

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