Category Archives: Southern California
Wonder
Seaside flora can be seen at Border Field State Park, Southern California.
One crimson blossom—
I stop to kneel in wonder,
lost in love and praise.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Follow
A path leads to distant mountains in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Hearing a blackbird
sing on the misty mountain,
I follow its voice.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Cactus Blossom
Shadows surround a cholla cactus blossom in Southern California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
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Longing
Amid the sparse vegetation of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California, a lone tree stands out.
Triple-digit day—
a tree in the wilderness
longs for winter’s rains.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Barrel Cactus
Barrel cactus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
High above the cactuses in the clear blue sky
Winter rainclouds sometimes come, sometimes multiply.
Not today, however, there’s not a cloud in sight;
Perfect for the cactuses: hot and dry and bright!
Photo and poem © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Cactus Blossom
Beavertail cactus blossom during the super bloom of 2017, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California. Another super bloom is expected this spring because of abundant winter rainfall.
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Rainfall
Winter rains leave patches of green in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
a little rainfall
and the wilderness turns green—
winter afternoon
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Desert Abundance
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
In a desert place
a twisted, broken willow
murmurs to the stars.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
The desert’s abundance may not be in fruit,
But rather in clouds or in owls that can hoot,
Or maybe in rattlers that slither and slide,
Or in the great thermals on which the hawks glide.
The stones are abundant, and so is the sand
Wherever you look in a dry, barren land.
It’s not as though nothing filled up the spaces
In the world’s wild and desolate places!
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Crow
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
Autumn afternoon—
on the mountain’s shadow side
a mocking crow hides.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Mist
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
Mist on the mountain—
a blackbird seeking its nest
starts to go astray.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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