Taskmasters

Jul 14

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Ocotillo thorns photo Kofaocotillothorn_zpse84cd09b.jpg
Ocotillo thorns, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
 


ocotillo thorns
driven into tender flesh—
cruel taskmasters

 
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on July 14, 2014, in 5-7-5, Arizona, Haiku Horizons, I Heart Macro, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Macro Monday 2, ocotillo, Shine the Divine, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 23 Comments.

  1. Molly | July 14, 2014 at 7:27 am

    Ohhh great shot, they look so sharp

    Mollyxxx

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  3. jazzytower | July 14, 2014 at 8:49 am

    Oouch! They look painful.

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  4. Kathy Combs (@KathyCombs16) | July 14, 2014 at 11:43 am

    Cruel form of torture. This was brilliant and I loved the photo. AMAZING!!!

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  5. CuriositytotheMax | July 14, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    I’ve been impaled by an ocotillo – “driven” is the word!

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  6. janicead | July 14, 2014 at 3:39 pm

    Wonderful macro! Hope you were spared an ouch!

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  7. Leonas Lines | July 14, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Ouch! The picture says it all! Nice Haiku

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  8. Blog It Or Lose It | July 14, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    Good grief — cruel taskmaster indeed! Great image and poem. 🙂

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  9. wabi sabi | July 14, 2014 at 6:02 pm

    Oh my! And I thought my rose bush was bad. I would not want to meet those thorns. Did you base your haiku on a personal encounter with this plant?

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    • magicalmysticalteacher | July 14, 2014 at 7:15 pm

      A personal encounter from a safe distance!

      On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Magical Mystical Teacher wrote:

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  11. Rallentanda | July 14, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    Yes, I have that experience too. Amazing how thick a skin can become:)

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  12. menons129 | July 14, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    OMG the thorns look scary. Nice haiku.

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  13. Satya Rekha Ramaswamy | July 14, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Very cruel…
    Sad and scary!

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  14. milan rajkumar | July 15, 2014 at 4:44 am

    great take ! but why so ….another riddle ,MMT !

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  16. Monica Lee | July 15, 2014 at 11:37 am

    Scary! Love the pic and the poem. 🙂

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  17. Apurva | July 15, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    scary and painful indeed! vivid imagery in this one 🙂

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  18. Payal Agarwal | July 16, 2014 at 4:51 am

    Lovely picture..it looks like a weapon. wonderful haiku.

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  19. Pat | July 16, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    Great macro and haiku.

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  20. Bastet | July 17, 2014 at 12:36 am

    Yikes … rather a thorny haiku here … great both photo and its haiku.

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  21. Gemma Wiseman | July 17, 2014 at 1:42 am

    Those thorns are quite large and intimidating. At least they give fair warning of danger.

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  22. reshma | July 18, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    Ouch, they look really menacing.

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