Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Altar

To celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, an altar has been erected on a Guadalajara, Mexico sidewalk.


Where darkness and light
become one, I stop to pray
this November day.

 
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Sweet

On Dia de Los Muertos, the dead are honored at altars like this one in Guadalajara, Mexico.
 
 

Sweet the memories
of those who’ve passed through autumn
to their resting place.

 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Cracks

Shadows often lurk in cracks in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona.
 
 

Some light, some shadows—
summer arranges herself
just as she wants to.
 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Refuge

Shadows take refuge between two buildings in Clifton, Arizona.
 
 

On a summer’s day
sheltering with the shadows
is more than child’s play.

 
 
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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.

Photo and haiku © by Magical Mystical Teacher

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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