Wilderness Waltz

Sep 27

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Creosote bush

Creosote bush at twilight, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

creosote blossom
swaying with the fading light—
wilderness waltz

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on September 27, 2012, in Arizona, haiku, Haiku Heights, Himmelsk, September Heights, Sky Watch Friday, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona. Bookmark the permalink. 29 Comments.

  2. Steffi | September 27, 2012 at 10:52 am

    Very beautiful photo!Thank you for sharing!

  4. Patti | September 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Very pretty haiku. Your poetry really illustrates how much beauty there is in the desert.

  5. Chevrefeuille | September 27, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Swaying with the fading light … awesome line … such a waltzing imagery.

  7. Boom & Gary | September 27, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Beautiful!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

  8. Sallie (FullTime-Life) | September 27, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Beautiful poem, and I have seen a lot of creosote bushes but apparently at the wrong season — didn’t know they had such a beautiful flower.

  9. poetrydiary | September 27, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    Wonderful link to the prompt, and much more. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

  10. vivinfrance | September 27, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Lovely. I didn’t know there was a creosote flower – I thought creosote came from tar!

  11. Barbara | September 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Your poems and photos are so instructive to one who is a stranger to the desert! And your haiku takes that stranger to new “heights.” Thank you.

  12. elleceef | September 27, 2012 at 4:31 pm

    “wilderness waltz” I love that. Very nicely done.

  13. uberrhund | September 27, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    Even the Pucker bush is pretty in the Autumn!

  14. Judy | September 27, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    Creosote comes from a bush??! And it blooms! Amazing the things you learn!! I guess I never thought about how it was applied to the wood…

    • magicalmysticalteacher | September 27, 2012 at 8:16 pm

      No, the kind of creosote that’s used to treat wood comes from petroleum. I really don’t know why this marvelous desert plant is called creosote bush. The flowers are exceedingly fragrant.

  15. kaykuala | September 27, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    A beautiful revelation and image, MMT

    Hank

  16. Rose Cottrill | September 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Captured so beautifully!! Have a fun weekend.

    My Sky Shots

  17. dulcinaandgnome | September 27, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Another excellent haiku matching a beautiful image of the desert.
    Thanks for teaching me a desert has such treasures.
    🙂

  18. Hazel Anastasia | September 27, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    Wilderness waltz – that’s charming. I like the use of ‘creosote.’

  20. brudberg | September 28, 2012 at 4:15 am

    Beutiful, can feel th Sonoran desert talking to me.

  22. laura hegfield | September 28, 2012 at 5:44 am

    beautiful! I love the image of a wilderness waltz!

  23. Susan | September 28, 2012 at 8:46 am

    fine capture of a wilderness waltz . . . I get the rhythm and the love.
    Mine ends with “and” because it doesn’t end

  24. HansHB | September 28, 2012 at 8:48 am

    A great post, – lovely photos!

  25. Melusine | September 28, 2012 at 10:32 am

    What a beautiful post!

  26. Liz | September 28, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Beautiful shot! Happy sky watching.

    Skywatch

  27. Tina´s PicStory | September 28, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    beautiful yellow in front of your heaven 🙂 thanks for joining us!