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Oceans of sand
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
Oceans and oceans of sand
As far as the eye can see!
Oceans and oceans of sand
From here to eternity!
Can you see the waves billow,
And can you hear the waves roar?
Oceans and oceans of sand,
Far from the watery shore!
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Countless
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
Countless grains of desert sand
Shifted in the wind last night.
More grains than you or I could tell
Shifted left, and shifted right.
Another windstorm’s coming,
Promising to blow and blow
Until those countless grains of sand
Find another place to go!
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hints
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
autumn afternoon—
far beyond the barren dunes
hints of harvest songs
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shot
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
a quick cell-phone shot
before the sands shift again—
windstorm to the east
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Capturing
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
his phone camera
capturing the sands before
they shape-shift again
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Slipper
Abandoned footwear, Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
Cinderella slipped out of her slippers.
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sand dune mystery—
someone loses one slipper
but not the other
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hints
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
over barren dunes
hints of a distant harvest
and the reapers’ songs
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blossoming
Moonrise at Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
Yosa Buson’s haiku about pear blossoms and moonlight inspires me to write a new haiku:
White blossoms of the pear
and a woman in moonlight
reading a letter.
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the moon blossoming
just enough for a woman
to write love letters
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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