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Hue
Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California
The mountain’s silence
ripens to a golden hue—
autumn afternoon.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Silence”
Backyard
San Juan County, New Mexico
in my friend’s backyard
no purple blooms or gold ones
reaching toward the sky
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Blooms”
Freighted
Pine tree, Apache County, Northern Arizona
from a wounded pine
two golden rivers flowing
freighted with despair
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #304
More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Despair”
Blossoms
Showers of blossoms on a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
first golden blossoms
enriching the wilderness—
one saint bows her head
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Saint”
Skein
A watercolor by Havre, Montana artist Mary Nault, painted at an outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
from the artist’s brush
a skein of golden blossoms
brighter than the sun
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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
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”
Mindful
Barrel Cactus fruit, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
golden journey fruit—
hungry pilgrims feed at dusk
mindful of the thorns
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
More Postcards from Paradise at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Holy Circle
Golden
Sacred Heart Church, Farmington, New Mexico
golden the glowing
driving darkness from each door
holy the circle
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More A Virgin a Day at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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