Category Archives: haiku
Wilting Weather
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
the garden stone’s heat—
even my white umbrella
is wilting today
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Dread
A ruined stone wall overlooks Willow Lake, Prescott, Arizona.
Rattler whom I dread,
will you strike me as I walk
among the ruins?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Walk
A lone shoe would, if it could, walk to find its missing mate.
It is not yet dawn
and already the old shoe
clamors for a walk.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lullaby
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
To the setting sun
a dove sings a lullaby
she has learned by heart.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Window
A surrealistic painting of a winter sky adds a dash of mystery to the wall of a home in Yuma, Arizona.
Wide-open window—
a magpie on the mountain
seems to know my name.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Deadly
Ocotillo thorns, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Even deadly thorns
cannot keep me from the way
that’s prepared for me.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Requiem
A desert scene near Ajo, Arizona.
Twilight requiem—
a frightened lizard cowers
somewhere in the stones.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Peace
“Bones” of a long-dead saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
Hush your scolding, crow!
Leave these bleaching bones in peace
for eternity.
Photo and haiku by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fresh
A sunflower blooms at Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
When sunflowers bloom,
sparrows light up the garden
with fresh morning songs.
Haiku and photo by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Light
An earthenware jar sits on a stone ledge in Zapopan, Mexico.
Languid afternoon—
the light inside a clay jar
seeps to the surface.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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