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Three Haiku for Winter
Palo verde tree on a wintry afternoon, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
Winter afternoon—
a nearly empty sky fills
with sudden birdsong.
first winter shower—
milkweed fluff from shattered pods
flying everywhere
Our ancestors knew
how to use needle and thread
to patch a torn sky.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Weight
A gravesite memorial seems ready to fall at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
among the tombstones
one leaning memorial—
the weight of winter
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Prayer House
Old adobe building, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California.
little house of prayer
in the shadows of the oak—
come, O Spirit, come
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Wind
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
In the wilderness
wind keeps erasing the path
I plan to follow.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Conversations
Sunrise at a motel in Mojave, California.
Morning by morning
the wrens and roses converse
in an unknown tongue.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Song
Sunrise in Yuma County, Arizona.
Deepening autumn—
a lone dove greets the morning
with a plaintive song.
Haiku © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Presence
Daybreak in the Sonoran Desert, Yuma County, Arizona.
October morning—
an owl that no one can see
makes its presence known.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haiku My Heart, Hosting for Rebecca: Healing
A wounded cactus begins to heal in a Phoenix, Arizona backyard.
To all wounded things
blackbird sings a healing song—
new growth soon appears.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Balance
Sunflower in an irrigated field, Southern Arizona
delicate balance—
halfway between earth and sky
a sunflower blooms
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Pathways
Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
Ten thousand pathways
winding through the wilderness—
which one should I take?
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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