Candle

Apr 2

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Monkey flower photo AnzaBoMar2013037a_zps78797dbb.jpg
Wide-throated Monkeyflower (Mimulus brevipes) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, SoCal
 


in the wilderness
a fragile candle burning
calling down the sun

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on April 2, 2013, in Anza-Borrego Desert, California, haiku, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, Southern California, The April Heights 2013 and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.

  1. Teresa | April 2, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    What a great image this creates.

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  2. Tarun Mazumdar | April 2, 2013 at 12:43 pm

    I love the way you stick to the true spirit of haiku… you indeed have a soul of Jap haiku master.. must be Issa. By the way, he is my favorite…

    http://unshakenthoughts.com/2013/04/02/the-bloody-candles/

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  3. S Jayanth | April 2, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    *bows* how a lone plant can be a candle, beckoning the sun. what a image your haiku creates. amazing!
    http://blackandwhiteheart.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/april-haiku-month-day-3-candle/

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  4. WabiSabi | April 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Can such a tiny flower ‘call down the sun’ I wonder? I would like to hear this!

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  5. Gemma Wiseman | April 2, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    Such a lovely, whimsical, almost mystical view of sunlight and flowers!

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  6. Maggie | April 2, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    Wow…just wow. Speechless and in love with your words.

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  8. Ramesh Sood | April 2, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    MMT…I think Sun must be obliging it.. well done..

    RS

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  9. Nanka | April 3, 2013 at 6:14 am

    Beautiful words and can picture the earnest and humble entreaty.

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  10. readinpleasure | April 3, 2013 at 6:17 am

    This is so beautifully done 🙂

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  11. ladynimue | April 3, 2013 at 9:05 am

    this one is quite daring one 🙂

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  12. ElizOF | April 4, 2013 at 1:25 am

    This is wonderful. 😉
    Eliz

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