Category Archives: Haiku My Heart
Haunted
Owls often roost by day in this tangled palo verde tree in Yuma County, Arizona.
After Thanksgiving,
I visit places haunted
by the desert owls.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Six for Sunday
Two blue butterflies
anoint my garden with peace—
sunny afternoon.
tender stalks of corn
pushing toward the morning sun—
feast for hungry crows
The longer I sing,
the more this daunting mountain
dwindles to a speck.
I slide on wet leaves
and my pathway disappears—
autumn’s first mishap.
On a moonless night
I sink down before the stars,
wounded by their light.
November evening—
a dove returns to her nest,
cooing one last song.
Haiku © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Secrets
A palo verde tree towers over a dry wash in Yuma County, Arizona.
Autumn afternoon—
an old tree full of secrets
keeps them to itself.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Curtains
Morning light washes over a hillside home in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Photo watermarked by Photobucket, because I refused to pay for image hosting, which used to be free!
Behind white curtains
the young lieutenant’s widow
salts her tea with tears.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haibun: Imagine
Imagine that you can go back in time to when you first loved the sound of rain in the night, or when you first identified the singing of the thrush. I know what you’re thinking: I’ll always be stuck in the here-and-now. But you don’t have to be. Imagine!
In the autumn woods
a tree stump becomes a throne
for an aging queen.
Haibun © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fresh
A newly built birdhouse is partially shaded by trees at Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
Sparkling clean and fresh,
a wooden birdhouse awaits
its first long-term guest.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ablaze
Autumn colors blaze along the Animas River near Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico.
Autumn by autumn
the riverine cottonwoods
set themselves ablaze.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Pilgrimage
Beyond the courtyard of this house in Wellton, Arizona lies impenetrable darkness.
autumn pilgrimage—
walking away from the light
and into darkness
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Presence
Daylight comes to the Sonoran Desert, Yuma County, Arizona.
October morning—
an owl hidden from my sight
makes its presence known.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Briefly
Colorful autumn leaves in California’s Inyo National Forest will soon be dashed to the ground by snow.
clear blue autumn sky—
great joy, albeit briefly,
before the first snow
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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