Tortured

Oct 8

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Who can speak with flair
the tortured landscape’s language?
Impossible tongue!
 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Flare/Flair” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Language” here
 
More Haiku Heights with the theme “Impossible” here
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
 
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Posted on October 8, 2011, in Arizona, haiku, Haiku Heights, Haiku My Heart, Himmelsk, my digital photos, my haiku, Northern Arizona, One Single Impression, Recuerda Mi Corazon, Sensational Haiku Wednesday, Shadow Shot Sunday, Sky Watch Friday, Straight Out of the Camera Sunday. Bookmark the permalink. 46 Comments.

  1. Hanne Bente | October 8, 2011 at 6:20 am

    Super flot billede:)
    /Hanne Bente

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  2. Nanka | October 8, 2011 at 6:21 am

    Language obstacles

    Impossible speech
    Language rough and abrasive
    Harsh without flair

    A fine rugged and uneven terrain that you have presented here today!!

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  3. sandra | October 8, 2011 at 8:10 am

    thanks for all those languages…!!

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  4. The Summer Kitchen Girls | October 8, 2011 at 8:14 am

    We’re sure the landscape speaks many languages with all the people who cross it! The stories it could tell!!

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  5. Ralph | October 8, 2011 at 8:31 am

    The ultimate 4-wheel drive vehicle would have problems traversing this stretch of trail, wet or dry. I couldn’t imagine a horse drawn wagon, pulled by many a horse, would have to pitch camp or retreat. It is a tough looking piece of desert here…

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  6. Jenn @ You know...that Blog? | October 8, 2011 at 8:42 am

    Love how you’re weaving all your themes together into something provocative. You are the master!

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  7. Kay Davies | October 8, 2011 at 9:28 am

    It does indeed look like a tortured landscape, with shadows lurking in the hollows.

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  8. Sylvia Kirkwood | October 8, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Wow! glad I don’t have to walk OR drive over that! But what a great shadow shot for the day!! Enjoy your weekend!

    Sylvia

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  9. Cassie ~ farrr North Idaho | October 8, 2011 at 9:44 am

    Tortured indeed. The desert doesn’t do well when rain comes in a rush. Good Shadow Shot. Have a great weekend.

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  10. ruchi jain | October 8, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Sometimes silence reveals more than words…

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  11. catherine | October 8, 2011 at 11:53 am

    interesting textures in this shot…

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  13. Tatjana Parkacheva | October 8, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Excellent and nice texture.

    Regards and best wishes

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  14. rebecca | October 8, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    i often wonder what stories nature would tell had it a language we could pass between us.
    visually nature is imparting great legends to us all the time. thank you for listening and capturing this one.

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  15. creativitytothemax | October 8, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Oh, my gosh, “Impossible Tongue” — brrrrrrrrrrrrriliant. Love it.

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  16. Bat-Ami Gordin | October 8, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    sounds like someone needs a speech/voice therapist.

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  17. ms pie | October 8, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    hmmmmm…. the invasion of man and his makings…. how delightful you have presented something so raw…

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  18. Peter B | October 8, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    A scar on the earth, with soil laid bare and vulnerable.

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  19. haikudoyou | October 8, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    Gripping picture – wonderful haiku!

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  20. Teresa | October 8, 2011 at 7:25 pm

    Great poem; great photo~very stark indeed.

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  21. Mama Zen | October 8, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    That speaks a thousand words all by itself!

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  22. Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio | October 8, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Nice!!! Just as beautiful as Northern new Mexico is, I think. I was just up there this weekend (Northern New Mexico). Got a TON of shadow shots to last me until who knows when!

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  23. dianne7777 | October 8, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    if the earth could speak

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  24. becca givens | October 8, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    There are times I feel sad for the paths … the land often needs to shout

    “I am healing — leave me alone!!”

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  26. Hazel | October 9, 2011 at 5:02 am

    Ahhh another great haiku from you. Multi-lingual landscape. That’s a lot of brains.

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  27. Janis | October 9, 2011 at 7:09 am

    Parched is what comes to my mind…great shot and haiku to match!

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  28. Spadoman | October 9, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Honestly, as usual, a great and fantastic use of words. I can see the torture and tragedy unfolding on the land. That gully ridge is casting a deep sharp shadow. Would have loved to been there when the storm rolled through. Very cool.

    Peace

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  29. robin | October 9, 2011 at 8:09 am

    we can only imagine it’s pain. you have captured it well mmt!!

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  30. Kelly | October 9, 2011 at 8:09 am

    You know the ruts are deep when they cast shadows!

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  32. kaykuala | October 9, 2011 at 9:11 am

    It’s trying to tame the land. The pic says it all. Great haiku!

    Hank

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  33. dubsters | October 9, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Interesting shot, effect of the erosion.

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  34. Melanie Jan Bishop | October 9, 2011 at 10:54 am

    So well written as usual. You have a flair for Haiku. Great photo too.

    Melanie

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  35. Andy Sewina | October 9, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Yeah, tortured landscape, great description!

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  36. Vicki | October 10, 2011 at 10:33 am

    Tortured indeed. Great textures and shadows.

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  37. Amity | October 10, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    That made me think…”impossible tongue”…:)

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  38. galleryjuana | October 10, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    cool photo and words to match.
    Thank you for visiting my GalleryJuana.blogspot.com

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  39. BLOGitse | October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am

    wow, you know how to mix words and a picture to one piece of art…

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  40. Mike | October 11, 2011 at 6:58 am

    A lovely haiku.
    I wonder what painful tales the land could tell?

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  41. Richarde | October 11, 2011 at 9:21 am

    you always wow me! Thank you, teacher.

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  43. Susie Clevenger | October 11, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    I wonder what the tortured landscape would tell us…image and haiku work so well together…great job!

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  44. JazzBumpa | October 12, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Sky above as blues as eyes;
    Leaves flow like ringlets in the wind that
    Caresses the great curve of earth;
    Below – the deep cleft yearns for life-giving rain:
    Impossible metaphor.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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