Category Archives: Haiku My Heart
Thorns
Ocotillo thorns, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Even the new moon
shrinks from the ocotillo
and its deadly thorns.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tangled
An orange tree in need of pruning in a Phoenix, Arizona backyard
Through tangled branches
no one can see the new moon,
even at midnight.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blaze
Autumn sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
After the new moon
a blaze in the eastern sky
startles a white dove.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Face
Autumn decoration on a grave, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
Before the new moon
the cemetery scarecrow
puts on a bright face.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Daggers
A variety of cholla cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Whetted by the sun,
the cholla’s deadly daggers
keep all foes at bay.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blaze
Animas River near Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico
Autumn by autumn
a blaze along the river
outshines every sun.
Haiku © 2017 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Knife
Jim Harrison’s final book of poems, Dead Man’s Float
Light from the window
knifes Jim Harrison’s poems
this autumn morning.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Clouds
Near Grants, New Mexico
storm clouds gathering—
perhaps the desert will drink
just before sundown
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Dowdy
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
First week of autumn—
the dowdy old sunflowers
put on their last show.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shriek
Autumn sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
With a shriek of fright
a dove rises from her nest
and flees toward the sun.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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