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Witness
August sunrise in Yuma County, Arizona.
If a crow should fall
atop the distant mountain,
who would bear witness?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Last Show
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
In midsummer’s heat
some dowdy old sunflowers
put on their last show.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Breath
Detail from a painting in a Yuma County, Arizona church.
Grandpa’s wooden chair—
the breath of a startled cat
lingers on the seat.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Afternoon
Willow Lake, Prescott, Arizona.
languid afternoon—
the holiness of water
mixed with blackbird’s song
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haiku My Heart: Faint Is My Path
Unrelenting sun bears down on every living thing at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
With no walking stick,
how distant seem the mountains
and how faint my path!
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Dance Companions
California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
my dance companions:
these rusty buckwheat blossoms
on the pilgrim way
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Flight
A rather battered Virgin of Guadalupe watches over a grave at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
How will you prepare
for the flight that has no end,
blackbird, O blackbird?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Wilting Weather
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
the garden stone’s heat—
even my white umbrella
is wilting today
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Dread
A ruined stone wall overlooks Willow Lake, Prescott, Arizona.
Rattler whom I dread,
will you strike me as I walk
among the ruins?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Walk
A lone shoe would, if it could, walk to find its missing mate.
It is not yet dawn
and already the old shoe
clamors for a walk.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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