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Afternoon
Brilliant winter day, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
A few passing clouds
muffle a hawk’s piercing scream—
winter afternoon.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Birdsong
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
winter afternoon—
a nearly empty sky fills
with sudden birdsong
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haiku My Heart: Blaze
A car’s side mirror reflects autumn colors, Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California
forward or backward
a blaze lights up the mountain—
autumn afternoon
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tranquil
Autumn afternoon, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Tranquil afternoon—
a lizard’s flickering tongue
shatters the silence.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Silence
Fence post, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Afternoon silence
settles into a knothole
on a weathered post.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Perhaps
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
summer afternoon—
perhaps one cloud holds raindrops
for the thirsty dove
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rail
Abandoned railroad tracks, Ajo, Arizona
Winter afternoon—
a dove lays down her last song
on a rusting rail.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Distant
Peering through a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Winter afternoon—
so distant are the mountains
I cannot see them.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Song
A winter day, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Winter afternoon—
a dove leaves its mournful song
on a frozen branch.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Changes
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Winter afternoon—
one dove falling from the clouds
changes everything.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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