By Joyce Jacobo
[Author’s Note: Based on the sculpture garden by Ricardo Breceda, which I’ve passed on a number of occasions. It’s a wonderful place.]
Along a certain highway
far from any city or town
there exists a conspicuous garden
composed of grand bronze figurines
sculpted down to the most intricate details
Eagles rest upon nearby hilltops
their wings forever spread in readiness
to soar towards the skies above
Horses hitched to elaborate stagecoaches
remain frozen in mid-dash
manes blown
by nonexistent winds
Even a dolphin caught in a great leap
as if out of a vast sandy sea
…so many moments
immortalized
By day people move among them
take pictures
make donations
and carry away memories
from that strange place
Then as the moon rises among starry skies
untainted by light pollution
the garden opens to creatures of the desert
coyotes
hawks
snakes
and numerous others
as they slip among these strange sights
crawl upon or sniff their surfaces
and leave with memories made
of their own
That place built from bronze
has come to know crowds
with perspectives different
by night and day
yet has gained
the admiration of both
…which might just
be its most remarkable feature
of all
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Beautifully written Joyce. You’ve described the place and it’s beauty and attraction so well.
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I’m thrilled you could see everything so vividly. It really is a wondrous place. I’ve heard the sculptor began his collection by creating a bronze T-Rex sculpture for his daughter, after they had watched Jurassic Park together. And it just kind of grew from there.
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A lovely idea.
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^_^
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Such beautiful imagery, brings to mind the bronzes I’ve seen and loved as well.
Especially loved:
“as the moon rises among starry skies
untainted by light pollution
the garden opens to creatures of the desert”
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Awww, I’m glad you enjoyed it so much. ^_^ That sculpture garden is a magical place, indeed. Do you have any favorite bronze sculptures that you’ve come across?
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Yes . . . the Mustangs at Las Colinas are probably the most prominent example—tear-rending display that hearkens the past directly through the middle of a major city center.
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Wow, I’ll need to take a look at them. Thank you for highlighting them. ^_^
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*that didn’t look right after the fact….*harkens lol
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Hehehe.
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