Category Archives: haiku

Flood

Aug 16

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August sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Lonesome little dove,
you flood the desert with song
morning by morning.

 
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Note

Aug 11

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The summer afternoon sky framed by the branches of a dead brittlebush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Summer afternoon—
a dove on a barren branch
repeats the same note.

 
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Crow

Aug 10

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El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
 


Crow in the pine tree,
will you ever stop mocking
what you can’t explain?

 
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Emptied

Aug 4

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Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Emptied of birdsong,
a low place in the desert
fills with wind and sand.

 
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Settled

Aug 3

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Day’s end, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 


Little cactus wren,
have you settled for the night
in this lonely place?

 
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Cardinal

Aug 1

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A cardinal on a calendar


first day of the month—
the calendar cardinal
keeps singing yearlong

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher

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Crow

Jul 28

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Ajo, Arizona
 


Summer afternoon—
a crow in the tallest palm
jeers at passersby.

 
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Refuge

Jul 27

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A pile of stones near Ajo, Arizona
 


summer afternoon—
some stones provide a refuge
for frightened lizards

 
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Matins

Jul 21

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Palo verde tree just before sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


wilderness matins—
a new song spills from your beak,
little desert dove

 
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Lone

Jul 20

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Indigo bush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Lone indigo bush—
not even a mourning dove
clings to its branches.

 
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