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Hints
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
autumn afternoon—
far beyond the barren dunes
hints of harvest songs
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hints
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, Southern California
over barren dunes
hints of a distant harvest
and the reapers’ songs
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Harvest
Adobe with blue door, northern New Mexico
wintry shadows dance
on the ripe adobe walls—
harvest safe within
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Another Whirl with Solomon
Each tiny poem begins with a line from Chapter 2 of “Song of Solomon,” taken from the King James Bible.
~~ 1 ~~
the singing of birds
gathering worms for their chicks
in the hidden nests
~~ 2 ~~
the rain is over
for seven years and a day—
empty husks rattle
~~ 3 ~~
upon the mountains
a rich harvest of pollen
from the cedar trees
~~ 4 ~~
voice of the turtle
bent and broken with sorrow
as it plods along
~~ 5 ~~
the little foxes
able to fend for themselves
but choosing not to
~~ 6 ~~
the winter is past—
a breeze rising from the south
coaxes seeds to sprout
~~ 7 ~~
shadows flee away
leaving darkness in their wake
on the barren plain
~~ 8 ~~
among the lilies
scattered patches of hoarfrost—
summer comes too soon
~~ 9 ~~
among the lilies
the skin of an animal
taken by surprise
~~ 10 ~~
the secret places—
how alluring their splendor
to famished spirits
~~ 11 ~~
the banqueting house
where secular debates rage
over cups of wine
~~ 12 ~~
lily among thorns—
to all who gaze upon it,
enchanting its ways
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Three Wisps
carcass of the oak
the dove seems to be calling
its name night and day
~~ ~~ ~~
slash of a sickle
laying low the barley stalks
this harvest morning
~~ ~~ ~~
frost on the ivy
a geek in his cubicle
turns to his touch screen
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Boundless
Ceramic tile chile (official New Mexico spelling!), Roxaboxen Park, Yuma, Arizona
boundless harvest—
baskets brim with chiles
flames devour tongues
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Harvest
Lost feather, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
morning shimmer
dew frosting on furze
a single leaf falls*
remnant of a hawk harvest
litters the wilderness path
*Haiku by Björn Rudberg
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Inspiration
Vineyard, Temecula Valley Wine Country, Southern California
So full are the vines,
ten thousand workers cannot
gather the harvest.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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