Category Archives: Maricopa County
Greening
An ocotillo sports new green leaves after recent monsoons in the Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Southern Arizona.
In the midday heat
a greening ocotillo
offers little shade.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fly
Mountains dominate portions of the Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona.
What if the mountain
were to fly south without you,
blackbird on the wing?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Broken
A dead saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Southern Arizona.
Broken saguaro,
how long will you keep standing
before I break too?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Faraway
In the foreground, an ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
wilderness morning—
how the faraway mountains
tug at the crow’s wings
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Evening
A saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Southern Arizona
Wilderness evening—
what key unlocks the secrets
hidden in the clouds?
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Twilight
Distant mountain range at day’s end, Maricopa County, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Wilderness twilight—
who will lock the clouds in place
to shroud the full moon?
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Refuge
A stand of palo verde trees, Maricopa County, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
on a sizzling day
taking refuge from the sun
underneath a tree
~~ ~~ ~~
Are trees better companions than humans?
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Woe
“Bones” of a dead saguaro cactus, Maricopa County, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Seven tales of woe—
even the saguaro knows
at least one of them.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Winding
Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
Crooked little paths
winding through the wilderness—
which one should I take?
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Distant
Shattered and desiccated remains of a saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
tortured by the sun
things twisted and forgotten—
distant is the plum
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
