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Beyond

Cattle Track Arts Compound, Scottsdale, Arizona contains some interesting buildings.
Beyond my courtyard
I sense the distant mountains
waiting for fresh snow.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Light Show

On a winter morning the sun rises in Wellton, Arizona.
winter pilgrimage—
walking away from darkness
and into the light
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Old Story

A stained glass window depicts the Nativity at Sacred Heart Church, Farmington, New Mexico.
On this New Year’s Day,
I recall an old story
of a baby’s birth.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hope

Festive decorations on a Christmas tree in a Yuma County, Arizona church inspire hope.
Near the Christmas tree
one child hopes for an iPhone,
one for joy and peace.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tidings

A church in Wellton, Arizona is decorated for Christmas.
On long winter nights
a light pierces the darkness—
tidings of great joy!
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tranquility

Jardín Juárez, a pocket-sized garden, is tucked away in a corner of Zacatecas, México.
A silent fountain,
ten thousand shadows blooming—
who could wish for more?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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ten thousand shadows blooming—
who could wish for more?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haunted

Owls often roost by day in this tangled palo verde tree in Yuma County, Arizona.
After Thanksgiving,
I visit places haunted
by the desert owls.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Curtains

Morning light washes over a hillside home in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Photo watermarked by Photobucket, because I refused to pay for image hosting, which used to be free!
Behind white curtains
the young lieutenant’s widow
salts her tea with tears.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fresh

A newly built birdhouse is partially shaded by trees at Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
Sparkling clean and fresh,
a wooden birdhouse awaits
its first long-term guest.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ablaze

Autumn colors blaze along the Animas River near Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico.
Autumn by autumn
the riverine cottonwoods
set themselves ablaze.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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