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Airplane
My grandson’s battered airplane no longer flies.
My 9-year-old grandson came home from school and said to his mother:
“I got this airplane from the treasure box today. It’s the first time all year that I had enough tickets to get anything. I spent some on lunch with a friend. It’s the first time I got to do that too. So I spent all I had left on this neat airplane that did loops.
“Then at dismissal, a 5th grader grabbed it from me and pretended like he was going to fly it, but he scraped it against the wall and bent the wings, so it doesn’t work anymore. He was a Purple Folder kid, so I know he has anger issues.
“Maybe I can earn some more tickets….”
A grounded blackbird
looks longingly at the sky—
three clouds bear witness.
Haibun © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Change
Clouds over the University of Arizona campus at the recent Tucson Festival of Books
watching clouds change shape—
first a witch, then a dragon,
then a gleaming sword
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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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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Perhaps
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Perhaps a blackbird
has enough strength in its wings
to bring back the clouds.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Threads
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
On a chilly day
a crow threads its raucous song
in and out the clouds.
Haiku and photo © 2018 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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Watching
Clouds on a winter afternoon, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
watching the clouds change—
first a dragon, then a witch,
then a gleaming sword
Photo and haiku © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Piñon
San Juan County, New Mexico
in my friend’s backyard
a stark and barren piñon
clawing at the clouds
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blessings
August evening, Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona
tantalizing clouds—
chances are fifty-fifty
for blessings of rain
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tantalizing
Summer monsoon season, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
tantalizing clouds—
chances are fifty-fifty
that some rain will fall
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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