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Sunlight
The sunlight
now flooding the valley
after three weeks
of steady rain with no slits in the
clouds, no patches of light,
must be a sign.
With one hand
I grab my guitar,
with the other
I begin scribbling a tale
about the distant waterfall.
fed by the recent rains,
that keeps thundering into an abyss.
I could have drifted
into darkness,
been swallowed by deep waters,
if sunlight had not
come to the valley again.
This is my tale,
this is my song.
Sing with me.
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Sunday’s Whirligig #162
More Poetry Pantry #404 at Poets United
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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Poem

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
the distant mountains—
in my left hand a poem
to read on the way
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Mountains

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
the distant mountains—
perhaps an early spring rain
will settle the dust
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Distant

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
the distant mountains—
even with a walking stick
a three-days’ journey
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Distant

Shattered and desiccated remains of a saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
tortured by the sun
things twisted and forgotten—
distant is the plum
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Mourning

Ajo Mountains and Saguaro cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
three days without sun—
even the distant mountains
seem to be mourning
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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