Category Archives: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Sizzling
Saguaro cacti, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
desert afternoon
not even thin mist falling
sizzling is the way
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Even the cactus shadows are sweating!
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Skeletal
Remains of a Saguaro cactus, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
skeletal remains
littering the wilderness—
a departed soul
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Imperturbable
Cholla cactus, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
imperturbable—
even after New Year’s Eve
nothing sharp is dulled
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Noonday
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
eight hours till moonlight
to quell the desert’s trembling
from the noonday heat
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shortcut
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
on the shortcut path
ten thousand shifting shadows
rushing at my feet
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Taskmasters
Ocotillo thorns, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
ocotillo thorns
driven into tender flesh—
cruel taskmasters
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Chapel
Last of the chuparosa (Beloperone californica) blossoms, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
a lone hummingbird
worshiping chuparosa—
wilderness chapel
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Refuge
In the shade of a palo verde tree, with saguaro cactus in the distance, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
in the shade a fly
takes refuge from a lizard
sizzling afternoon
~~ * ~~
hunting lizard
spies a tasty morsel
zip! zap! no fly!
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Twisted
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
twisted sisters
keeping watch by day and night
tethered to their posts
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sisters
Saguaro cacti, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Arizona
bearing up the sun
the old saguaro sisters
ruling sere domains
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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