Slow Death

Old mowing machine, Clifton, Arizona
 

slow death by rusting
neglected mowing machine
after the harvest

 

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Prayers

May 13

Clifton, Arizona
 

in the hermit’s cave
fragrant sandalwood incense
smoldering prayers

 

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Standing Firm

May 11

Ironwood (Olneya tesota) in bloom, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

standing firm
amid the shadows
frail blossoms

 

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Bones

May 4

Dead palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

Palo verde bones,
within you lies a spirit,
bidding you to dance.

 

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Shade

Apr 28

Distant mountains,glimpsed through a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

In the tangled shade
of an old palo verde,
desert pilgrims pray.

 

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Youngling

Apr 28

Juvenile diamondback rattlesnake, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

how a desert nun
sidesteps the youngling rattler
even as she prays

 
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Awakening

Apr 27

Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

how a desert monk
simply by awakening
summons up the sun

 
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Storytellers

Apr 26

Honeybee on Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis velutina) blossom, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

how the worker bees
share nectar-blossom stories
with the drones back home

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Shadows

Apr 21

View from the Santa Margarita River Trail, Fallbrook, California
 

Sometimes paradise
arrays itself in shadows,
sometimes bright blue skies.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Ripe

Apr 20

Spider, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

stumbling home at dusk
a spider ripe with eggs
blocking my way

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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