Fortitude

Southern California

twenty months of drought
the fortitude of pine trees
blackbird’s plaintive song

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher

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Posted on July 1, 2013, in California, Carpe Diem, haiku, Southern California and tagged blackbird, drought, fortitude, haiku, pine tree, Southern California. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.

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Maggie Grace | July 1, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Your state suffered so from the fires. You were out of harm’s way, yes? I saw how close it got to Sedona and the lives lost. Sending prayers and healing energy. Beautiful melancholy haiku.

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- magicalmysticalteacher | July 1, 2013 at 4:23 pm
  
  About two hours from the fire, so no danger, no smoke…but great sadness.
  
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WabiSabi | July 1, 2013 at 4:05 pm

The display of fortitude in nature leaves one breathless! Whether flood or drought, life is so tenacious and you caught that in your poem!Courage Under Fire

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jrbsays | July 2, 2013 at 3:28 am

Such timing as with drought come great fires. So pleased to hear you are not in harms way my friend 🙂
Fortitude

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tigerbrite | July 2, 2013 at 7:18 am

Glad you are safe. We see such fires here in Southern Spain mostly burning with pine trees. It is nature’s way of renewal but truly frightening and sometimes people have to be evacuated from their homes.

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readinpleasure | July 2, 2013 at 7:20 am

Beautifully haunting, MMT. Glad you are safe 🙂

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scrappygrams | July 2, 2013 at 9:37 am

fortitude is needed for humans too, yes? I pray every day for the extremes in weather our country is experiencing from floods to fires. such sadness; prayers are needed for the families of the firemen who died.
how close is this to your area? stay safe.

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- magicalmysticalteacher | July 2, 2013 at 10:44 am
  
  Far enough away that there is no danger whatever. But that doesn’t lessen my sadness about my “neighbors,” who perished.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | July 2, 2013 at 9:50 am

Glad to hear you are safe… but its a great sadness.. news here are filled too.

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