Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Evening Shadows

Evening shadows have eclipsed the desert landscape in Yuma County, Arizona.
 

First April evening—
how can I sing shadow songs
with light in my heart?

 
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Secrets

A palo verde tree towers over a dry wash in Yuma County, Arizona.
 

By a hidden stream
an old tree guards its secrets—
autumn flows away.

 
 
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Altar

Vicky Medina created this altar for the Dia de los Muertos celebration at Riverside (Calif.) Art Museum.
 

To honor the dead
we build a little altar—
autumn slips away.

 
 
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Joyful Path

Tibetan prayer flags flutter near a labyrinth at a church in Phoenix, Arizona.
 

A circular path
where prayer flags and birdsong meet—
my joy is complete.

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Self-care

lighting a candle—
self-care for body and soul
on the journey home

 
 
 
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Unforgettable

A huge chunk of copper ore can be seen at Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
 
 
 
 
unforgettable—
the last time words of wisdom
tumbled from the stone
 
 
 
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Cactus Wren

The chapel at Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona can be seen through a wrought-iron fence.
 

Noisy cactus wren,
can you outshout the church bells
that now stun the air?

 
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Lotus

A white lotus blossom is surrounded by shadows in a Tucson, Arizona pond.
 
 
 
Was it a blackbird
that coaxed the lotus open
to bask in the sun?
 
 
 
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Homeward

A father steadies his skating daughter in Morelia, Mexico.
 
 

Warm spring afternoon—
a father and his daughter
take the long way home.

 
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Footprints

Footprints are sometimes visible in the labyrinth at Unity of Phoenix Spiritual Center.
 

Easter’s come and gone—
I follow nail-scarred footprints
as I journey on.

 
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