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A Voice
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
She lifted her voice against the sun,
Cursing because Good Friday was done.
The coming of night would make her feel blue,
For none of her dreams would ever come true.
She pillowed her head and turned off the light,
Preparing to face the terrors of night;
But then came a voice, a voice not her own,
Whispering things from the past she had known:
You are the daughter of wisdom and light,
The child of mercy and goodness and right.
Be not afraid of the terrors ahead.
Lie down and sleep, child, for safe is your bed.
Over her heart washed a wave of relief,
The voice in the night assuaging her grief.
HAIKU:
Good Friday evening—
singing dark songs, Sister Death
slips into my room.
Poems and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Sunset
A December sunset dances through the sky of the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
As they cook supper,
no one in the homeless camp
admires the sunset.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Covered Wagon
A restored covered wagon greets visitors at Cove Fort, Utah.
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Song
Late winter sunset, Yuma County, Arizona
Wilderness evening—
a dove returns to her nest,
cooing one last song.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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A Voice in the Night
Winter sunset, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
She lifted her voice against the sun,
Cursing because the daylight was done.
The coming of night would make her feel blue,
For none of her dreams would ever come true.
She pillowed her head and turned off the light,
Preparing to face the terrors of night,
But then came a voice, a voice not her own,
Whispering things from the past she had known:
You are the daughter of wisdom and light,
The child of mercy and goodness and right.
Be not afraid of the terrors ahead.
Lie down and sleep, child, for safe is your bed.
Over her heart washed a wave of relief,
The voice in the night assuaging her grief.
Poem and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lullaby
December sunset, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Days before Christmas
a dove sings a lullaby
to the setting sun.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Playing her part
Sunset, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
She quiets her mind and opens her arms,
Embracing the ocean and stars;
Even the planets draw near as she breathes
And blesses both Venus and Mars.
Yoga sustains her day in and day out,
A peace settles over her soul;
She’s playing her part, although it is small,
Her part in the glorious whole.
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2014 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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Bell
Day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
At the sunset bell,
not another word from you,
trembling little dove!
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Way
Day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
midsummer moments—
taking the winding way home
just before nightfall
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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