Category Archives: Southern California
Tryst
Southern California sunset
the lovers
gathering darkness
for their tryst
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fading Glory
Century plant (Agave americana), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
emperor’s scepter
waxing one day, waning next
his fading glory
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Emperor”
No Tarot
Wildflowers along the Santa Margarita River Trail, Fallbrook, California
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
(Matthew 6:28-30, King James Version)
Flowers of the field
know nothing of Tarot cards,
yet the Lord provides.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Companion
Ocotillo blossom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
near nightfall
one fading blossom
my sole companion
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Lonely Flower”
Small Mountain
Barrel Cactus (Genus Ferocactus), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
weary desert monk
trudging up the small mountain
panting his prayers
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sometimes
Flowering yucca, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
Sometimes paradise
arrives as a morning mist—
or a bright blue sky.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More The April Heights 2013: “Morning Mist”
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Cactus Shade
Barrel Cactus (Genus Ferocactus), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
welcome cactus shade
refreshing weary pilgrims
in the wilderness
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Notes of Gold
Wide-throated Monkeyflower (Mimulus brevipes) Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, SoCal
When the desert blooms,
even the shadows rejoice—
tiny notes of gold.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More SkyWatch Friday
More Ein Stück Himmel #67
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Scorpion
Hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
Wilderness morning—
somewhere a scorpion lurks,
waiting for its prey.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Ein Stück Himmel #67
More Carpe Diem: “Scorpion”
Cactus Maiden
Cholla cactus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
How, Cactus Maiden,
can you be so complacent
with your coat of thorns?
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Maiden”
