Category Archives: Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
Glee
First Brittlebush blossoms of November, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
brittlebush blossoms
outshining the midday sun—
blind boy claps with glee
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem
More Macro Monday 2
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
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Ripened
Agave seed head, turning brittle in the sun, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
ripened by the sun
a desert agave’s seeds
waiting for springtime
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
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More Carpe Diem Special #115
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Halcyon
Yuma East Wetlands, Yuma, Arizona
halcyon river
neither ducks nor leaping fish
parting the waters
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “Movement”
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Foxes
New Year’s Eve 2012 fireworks, Dublin, Ireland
against the dark sky
colorful flowers and suns—
another festival
somewhere foxes are waiting
to lap up the fireworks ash
*Opening gambit © by Chèvrefeuille
Final two lines and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
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More Carpe Diem: “Fireworks”
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Portal
One of many ancient ruins at Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
Through the portal another world waits.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Six-Word Saturday at Show My Face
If
Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus fremontii), Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
If the branch could speak,
it might become a channel
to release new truths.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
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More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 158: “Branch, Speak, Become, Channel, Release”
Balance
Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
bright edge of morning
where rainbow colors balance—
two crows miss their part
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 146: “Edge, Balance, Miss”
Pilgrim Way
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
in a trackless waste
stopping for a while to pray
way of the pilgrim
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Carpe Diem: “Tengri: the Spirit of the Steppes”
Puddles
Cistern at an abandoned house, Southern Arizona
the puddles on the pavement
carry the moon, the stars
and cherry blossoms
Who shall sing to the cistern
of all the things it has lost?
*Opening gambit © by Hando (Fr. Thomas Hand)
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Carpe Diem: “Puddles on the Pavement”
Finale
Abandoned house at dusk, Southern Arizona
finale
the failing shadows
then nightfall
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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