Sibilant Shadows

Aug 25

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Serpentine shadows

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


sibilant shadows
hissing their serpentine way
through alien land

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on August 25, 2012, in Arizona, haiku, Haiku Heights, Haiku My Heart, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona, Straight Out of the Camera Sunday. Bookmark the permalink. 32 Comments.

  2. Pranita | August 25, 2012 at 6:06 am

    Spooky much?!! Gave me the creeps! 😉

    Finding epitome of life!

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  3. BLOGitse | August 25, 2012 at 8:09 am

    Scary…I can hear ‘suhinaa’ and ‘sihinää’ – sibilant in Finnish…hssss…

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  4. genie | August 25, 2012 at 8:21 am

    At first this looks like it could be the surface of another planet. So interesting and the colors beautiful. Your captures are always so interesting. genie

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  5. onestillframe | August 25, 2012 at 8:23 am

    what a wonderful backdrop for shadows mmt!!! i am with everyone else…spooky!!!

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  6. Anne | August 25, 2012 at 8:29 am

    I guess I’m in the minority, I don’t find it spooky at all!! I just like the different textures and the sunlight on the old dry branches.

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  7. 4joy | August 25, 2012 at 8:30 am

    the desert is an alien land to most of us…..love the early light and shadows…

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | August 25, 2012 at 8:37 am

      Good for you, recognising the time of day as early morning! I wrote the haiku last night, before I had a photo to go with it, and had to rush out at daybreak with my camera.

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  8. Sylvia Kirkwood | August 25, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Yep, spooky, but a great shadow shot for the early morning!! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  10. Ralph | August 25, 2012 at 10:17 am

    A slithering Sonoran serpentine shadow – the desert floor feels alive!

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  11. katheworsley | August 25, 2012 at 10:33 am

    excellent snaky shadowy haiku! Love the image your words create.

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  12. EG CameraGirl | August 25, 2012 at 11:45 am

    You took this photo in beatiful light.

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  13. catherine | August 25, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    lovely light effects here

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  16. Linda | August 25, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    What a wonderful, simple shot! Not a friendly landscape though…looks very isolated! Your haiku is perfect, as always.

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  17. Gemma Wiseman | August 25, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    A very bristly kind of drama in your haiku giving us a fresh perspective on the shadowy landscape!

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  18. Vicki | August 25, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    Golden snakes, glowing in the sun. Lovely

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  19. Teresa | August 25, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Wonderful haiku for the prompt. Your picture is beautiful.

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  20. Paula Scott: Molokai Girl Studio | August 25, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    You can feel the warmth of the day radiating from those dead branches.
    Ahhhhh!

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  21. Mark M. Redfearn | August 25, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I don’t think “spooky” is an adjective that can be applied accurately to the haiku. Disturbing, maybe, but not spooky.

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  22. HansHB | August 25, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    Great photo! I think it’s cool!

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  23. toby | August 25, 2012 at 11:12 pm

    How sad and beautiful, all at once!

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  24. gardenjoy4me (CanadianGardenJoy) | August 26, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Hello MMT : ) Thank you for stopping at my blog and your kind comments !
    This is a golden scene .. the light is my favorite .. warm and inviting .. simply beautiful with the textures of the wood, sand, and desert brush .. true twilight ..
    Reading some of the above comments leaves me perplexed .. spooking ? scary ?
    Not at all .. it has a resonance of “home” to me .. where ever I was .. before “here” ..
    The haiku was interesting .. wink wink
    Joy

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  25. NatureFootstep Photo | August 26, 2012 at 9:30 am

    looks like morning sun with a great day to come. Love the yellow shadows. 🙂

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  26. Christina, Sweden | August 26, 2012 at 10:48 am

    wonderful warmth in the light makes the landscape look friendlier 🙂
    perfect poem to match

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  27. lindamakiej | August 26, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    wonderful sooc work!!

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  28. kkkkaty | August 26, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    I see daybreak and wonder what’s beyond the horizon?

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  29. odyzz | August 27, 2012 at 5:37 am

    A perfect pic with a perfect haiku…The way you weave the words is really magical…

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