Long and Winding Road

 

Long and winding road,
you have led me to this place—
my heart blooms with joy!

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Prickly pear blossom, Northern New Mexico
 
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Feast for Bee and Ant

May 24

 

a drift of pollen
shaken from the mallow’s heart—
feast for bee and ant

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), Northern Arizona
 
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Someone Wild Singing

May 6

 

Someone wild singing
in blossoms, dust and shadow—
is it Sun Maiden?

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Spring wildflowers, Northern Arizona
 
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The Warmth of Your Breath

Apr 12

 

The warmth of your breath,
my Lady Desolation,
awakens blossoms.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Barrel cactus blossom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 
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Cactus Did Not Doubt

Apr 4

 

cactus did not doubt
that refreshing rains would come
and with them, blossoms

 
© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Beavertail cactus in bloom, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 
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Wildflower Maiden

Apr 1

 
In “Walking,” Thoreau writes that his health depends on spending at least four hours a day “sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.”
 
The saunterer goes wherever her feet take her, and near sundown mine take me to an open place I call the Meadow, where in late summer yellow wildflowers spread like butter among the thin grasses. Now, however, only bedraggled heads of spent sunflowers remain, glowing orange with the last lights of day.
 
I move toward the dry sunflowers, but seeing a spot of purple or pink at my feet, I kneel for a closer look. It is the first tiny spring wildflower, whose name I do not know. I snap off a dozen shots, just as the sun slips below the horizon. My sauntering has brought me to holy ground.
 

eager seductress
flaunting herself in pastels
Wildflower Maiden

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
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Sunflower Remnant

Mar 29

 

sunflower remnant
memories of fragrant days
jostle every seed

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
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Fleeting Flecks of Light

Mar 25

 

Here today and gone,
the poppies lack endurance—
fleeting flecks of light.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Southern California
 
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Seeking Miracles

Mar 21

 

Seeking miracles,
I found instead these blossoms,
blushing deepest red.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) blossoms, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 
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Six Hours Till Sunset

Mar 15

 

six hours till sunset
meanwhile an ocotillo
stains the sky blood-red

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) blossoms, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 
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