Category Archives: Southern Arizona
Dove
Midsummer sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Little desert dove,
I listen for your singing
sunrise to sunset.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Flood
August sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Lonesome little dove,
you flood the desert with song
morning by morning.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Beware
Warning sign at a rest area on Interstate 8, Southern Arizona
Watch out for the critters that like to take bites
From parts of your body on dark desert nights!
Watch out for the rattlers and scorpions too,
Because if you’re bitten, we’ll surely miss you!
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Note
The summer afternoon sky framed by the branches of a dead brittlebush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Summer afternoon—
a dove on a barren branch
repeats the same note.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Emptied
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Emptied of birdsong,
a low place in the desert
fills with wind and sand.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Snooze
Indigo bush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Lizards snooze where shadows are thin.
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Quest
A makeshift water jug, abandoned by someone who crossed the U.S. border illegally in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
They flee their homeland in the night,
Leaving kith and kin behind;
They look for somewhere to alight,
A place that offers peace of mind.
A haven from all storms they seek,
Where peace and love and joy are found;
A place where all the poor and weak
Rejoice and stand on holy ground.
From north and south, from east and west
The dreamers come, their eyes alight,
Loath to interrupt their quest
Of finding refuge from the night.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Matins
Palo verde tree just before sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
wilderness matins—
a new song spills from your beak,
little desert dove
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Symphony
Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
desert symphony—
the first glorious movement
begins at daybreak
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Benediction
Daybreak, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
The benediction of early morning shadows…
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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