Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Memorial Day

Flags decorate veterans’ graves in Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona

 
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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Prospector

An old prospector and his burro are featured in a mural in the Prescott Public Library, Prescott, Arizona.


Chilled by late spring frost,
an old prospector heads home
after finding gold.

 
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Spring Melancholy

1.
I pluck from the shelf
yet another empty cup—
spring melancholy
 
2.
I sip bitter wine
after laying fresh flowers
on my father’s grave.
 
3.
I am too jaded
to taste how honeyed the hours
we share together.
 
4.
I swear at the thorns
that keep snagging my jacket
on the mountain path.

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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Museum Mural

A mural greets visitors to the Museum of Casa Grande, Arizona.


The wildest mustang
raises a great cloud of dust
on a spring morning.

 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Prickly Poppy

Shadows surround a prickly poppy in Yuma County, Arizona.
 
 

Sometimes motherlove
is prickly like a poppy,
goading us to good.

 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Blooming Palo Verde

A blooming palo verde tree leaves shadows on the ground at Yuma (Arizona) Conservation Garden.
 
 

O Full Flower Moon,
the palo verde blossoms
brighter than you do!

 
 
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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Red Desert Blooms

Red blossoms on a cholla cactus dazzle desert lovers at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona.


I do not pretend
to know what cholla blossoms
murmur to the moon.

 
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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Street Scene

You don’t have to look far to see colorful buildings in Puebla, Mexico.


Up and down the street
an old man looks for his dog—
April loneliness.

 
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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Prayer Ground

A place for prayer and meditation outside Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ajo, Arizona.


April confusion—
I seek the Blessed Virgin
and her wise counsel.

 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Palo Verde Tree

A palo verde tree huddles in shadows in Yuma Country, Arizona.
 
 

First day of April—
the wilderness trees rejoice
after winter rains.

 
 
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