Category Archives: I Heart Macro
Counting
Melon blossom, Southern California
the melon farmer
counting blossoms one by one
in this year of drought
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Butterfly
“I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman wrote, “the varied carols I hear.”
I too hear singing, but instead of coming from throats of carpenters, masons or boatmen, it comes from sky and star and stone. It comes from weeds and wind and wild things. It comes from crow and cricket and cottonwood. It is the singing of the Desert Southwest, and like the Siren songs that seduced Odysseus and his companions, I cannot ignore it.
I hear it as I help a student proofread her essay. I hear it while I confer with a parent about his son’s behavior. I hear it while I am grading papers.
At day’s end, I slip into comfortable clothing and walk into the nearby wilderness. The stones and weeds and dust greet me with rejoicing. They knew I would come.
the shadows lengthen
a butterfly lifts its wings—
my house is too small
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Swept
First blossoms on an ironwood tree, March 2015, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
swept up together
first blossoms on the ironwood
and the bright blue sky
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
For my inspiration, I have used this haiku by Santoka Taneda:
dew and
fallen leaves
swept up together
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Entwined
Castoff medical glove, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
An empty blue glove,
entwined with the desert wind,
flutters its fingers.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Remains
Remains of a bird, killed by a predator, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
after the kill
a handful of feathers—
sacred remains
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Forgotten
Wildflower, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Is this the blossom
forgotten when I left home
forty years ago?
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Companions
Brittlebush leaves at twilight Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the brittlebush leaves
gathering light to themselves
my sole companions
~~ ~~ ~~
The best companions are in nature.
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Channeling
Wildflowers at daybreak, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
channeling music
from the tiniest blossoms
the old shaman’s tongue
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Broken
Discarded flower pot, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
broken flower pot—
a blooming place for shadows
instead of lilies
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Comfortless
Prickly Poppy (Argemone pleiacantha), Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
poppy-petal tales
of a dark and thorny way
where no comforts lie
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