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Waiting
Lockett Meadow Campground, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, autumn 2016
deepening autumn—
grasses among gold aspens
await the first snow
Haiku © 2017 and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Meeting
Lockett Meadow Campground, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, autumn 2016
deepening autumn—
meeting you on the mountain
under the great pines
Haiku © 2017 and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Poring
Fall foliage (2016) in Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Arizona
autumn memories—
poring over photographs
from a year ago
and wondering if the leaves
will turn vermilion again
Photo © 2016 and tanka © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Spaces
A red leaf among pine debris, Lockett Meadow Campground, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, autumn 2016
On the forest floor
even hidden spaces hold
both darkness and light.
Photo and haiku © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Obstacles
Chunks of concrete near an abandoned irrigation ditch, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Last days of autumn—
how many more obstacles
will hamper my way?
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Guide
Mid-December rainbow, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
last autumn rainbow
guiding my stumbling steps home—
wind shifts to the east
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Flight
Virgin of Guadalupe on a headstone, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
At the journey’s end
one more weary soul takes flight—
autumn turns to ash.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Weeping
Virgin of Guadalupe on the headstone of a woman who died at age 29, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
last days of autumn—
somewhere a mother’s weeping
for a daughter lost
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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No Going Back
Languid autumn afternoon—
does she know a loss is coming,
a loss so devastating
that longing to die will consume her days?
After it happens,
there will be no going back.
He hinted at this, the angel,
who told her she was exceptional
among women.
If only she could see the outline
of some small joy beyond what she will suffer,
then she could bear what is to come
and more.
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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