Category Archives: saguaro cactus
Warriors
Two saguaro cacti seem to be battling each other at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Sometimes in this world you see things that are strange.
I once saw two cactuses out on the range,
And swear they were punching out each other’s lights—
It was one of those weird and wonderful sights.
I wonder if that’s the way things go on Earth:
Contentions beginning the moment of birth.
Does anyone think that all warring will cease,
So all of Earth’s creatures can revel in peace?
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Saguaro flowers
Saguaro cactus blossoms, Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Saguaro flowers glowing
Against the bright blue sky
Fill me with greatest pleasure,
And here’s the reason why:
I think there’s nothing finer
Than seeing a white bloom
Juxtaposed against the sky
To chase away my gloom.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Endings
The remains of an old saguaro cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Endings are often tinged with sadness.
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blossom
Saguaro cactus blossoms, Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Yellow butterfly,
does the white blossom please you?
Will you settle there?
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Chilling
Saguaro cactus on the outskirts of Ajo, Arizona
A cactus alone on a hill,
When winter came, took a great chill;
It sneezed and it snoozed,
It freezed and it froozed,
That cactus alone on a hill.
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A lone saguaro
pierces the clouds at sundown
with its deadly spines.
Limerick, haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Daybreak
Daybreak with a saguaro, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fallen
A fallen saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Southern Arizona
Fallen saguaro—
how many more moonrises
until I fall too?
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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More Haiku Horizons: “Key”
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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
Straining
Saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
autumn afternoon—
straining to hear a wren’s note
as shadows lengthen
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
