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Six Aphorisms
No true patriot is petty.
Yesterday’s cauldrons are not meant for today’s soup.
She who broods lives only to hate.
The dust will endure long after you are gone.
It is clear that no one will miss the sarcastic person.
Athwart is a word seldom used, for obvious reasons.
Breath
Shadows lengthen at day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Wilderness evening—
the dying breath of a dove
settles in the dust.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lodging
Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
on a lonely path
ten thousand pilgrim footprints
lodging in the dust
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday
Lost footwear in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Someone lost a flipflop,
left it in the dust;
now she wanders barefoot
as she knew she must!
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Teacher
A tuft of feathers, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Planets lose their way,
birds and flowers turn to dust—
the old teacher weeps.
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Seven
Discarded talc can, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
More than seven years of rust
As you lie there in the dust—
Talcum can, your former praise
Surely has seen better days!
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ash
Fading ocotillo blossoms, April 2016, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
On a lizard’s tongue
the fading scarlet blossoms
turn to dust and ash.
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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Sweeping
Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
in the house of light
women sweeping up the dust
into golden heaps
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Stone
Stone of remembrance atop a headstone, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
after the dust storm
placing a painted blue stone
on her loved one’s grave
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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