Daybreak

Saguaro cacti at daybreak on a spring morning, Pinal County, Arizona
 

just after daybreak
waiting for the cactus wren
to sing a new song

 
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Symphony

Jul 12

Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

desert symphony—
the first glorious movement
begins at daybreak

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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How

May 20

Daybreak at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
 

How will all these shadows end?

 
 
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Winter

Dec 21

December sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

first day of winter—
looking in vain for snowflakes
at the sun’s rising

 
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Daybreak

Oct 6

Daybreak with a saguaro, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

 
Photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Sunrise

Aug 11

A new day begins, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

Just before sunrise
a mourning dove fluffs her wings
for the day’s first flight.

 
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Rustling

Jul 21

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 
 

just before sunrise
a rustling in the branches—
white dove lifts one wing

 
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Hole

Apr 29

April dawn, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 
 

looking for a way
to save the first morning light—
hole in my pocket

 
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Search

Apr 19

Sunrise, Apache County, Northern Arizona
 

along the fence line
searching for something I lost
forty years ago

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Coaxing

Feb 23

Wildflowers at daybreak, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

coaxing new music
from the tiniest blossoms—
an old shaman’s tongue

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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