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Cluttered
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
early spring twilight—
even my desert garden
is cluttered with clouds
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Frog
Garden guardian, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
frog in the garden
waiting for tasty morsels
to tingle his tongue
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Frog”
Endless
Battered garden goddess, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
those endless summers—
even garden goddesses
shatter from the heat
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “Margaret Chula’s ‘Following My Footprints'”
Ripening
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
a rooftop garden
with strawberries and shadows
ripening fully
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More SkyWatch Friday
More Carpe Diem: “Strawberry”
Flirting
Feeding koi, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
in the garden pond
a thousand golden fishes
flirting with the sun
~~ ~~ ~~
splashed across page one
of this morning’s newspaper—
goldfish invasion
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Wednesday Waters #16
More Carpe Diem: “Goldfish”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Newspaper”
Garden
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
autumn leaves entwined
round a memorial cross—
this garden of grief
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Summer
One of the gardens at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
rancho garden stew—
summer’s earthy fragrances
simmer in the pot
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
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More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Arrival of Summer”
Accent
Old adobe ranch house, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
the ranch house garden—
only a few white blossoms
to accent the red
~~ ~~ ~~
A rain of blossoms brings joy.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘White Blossoms'”
Satisfied
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
her hunger and thirst
satisfied in the garden—
the waters of grace
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “The Beatitudes”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
Guardian
The garden at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico
serene one
guarding the garden
day and night
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Peace”
More Twelve Days of Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon: Day 4
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