Category Archives: Navajo National Monument
Crow

Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
Through the cloudless sky
a crow forges a new path
to its nest of twigs.
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Secret

Yucca transitioning from blossom to seedpod, Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
plump seedpod
cradling next summer
in secret
gossip bees whisper
in the blossom fields
Tanka © 2015 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Captured

Indian Paintbrush, Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
springtime long ago
captured in a photograph
now the flower fades
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Cradling

Yucca transitioning from blossom to seedpod, Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
plump seedpod
cradling next summer
in secret
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Stripped

Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
stripped by autumn frost
a lonely sentinel tree
guarding the canyon
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘Autumn Frost'”
Shining

Desert sunflower (Geraea canescens), Navajo National Monument, Northern Arizona
Desert flowers shine in shadowy places.
No one can tell me
why the stones are smudged with smoke
disguised as shadows.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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