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Fly
Mountains dominate portions of the Sonoran Desert in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Fly on the mountain,
even from such a distance,
you disturb my peace!
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Follow
A path leads to distant mountains in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Hearing a blackbird
sing on the misty mountain,
I follow its voice.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Three Utterly Weird Poems
I.
Before the mountains were born,
Or there were stains in the sea,
God put his mouth to a horn
And blasted out notes with glee!
II.
I’m tired of drinking coffee, tired of drinking tea;
Give me chicken breasts and thighs for eternity!
III.
I heard three tigers breathing, I thought my time had come,
But then the fiercest tiger was turned into a plum
By the surging murmur of a wizened wizard’s breath,
And now I can’t help singing how I escaped from death!
Poems © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Crow
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California.
Autumn afternoon—
on the mountain’s shadow side
a mocking crow hides.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fly
Mountains dominate portions of the Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona.
What if the mountain
were to fly south without you,
blackbird on the wing?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Reverence
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
Hearing a blackbird
call from the distant mountain,
I fall to my knees.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Curse
A few scattered clouds at daybreak, Riverside County, California
Crow from the mountain,
have you nothing else to do
but curse at the clouds?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Perhaps
Rugged mountains near Ajo, Arizona
Perhaps a blackbird
will swoop down from the mountain,
perhaps the full moon.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Dark Sayings
Pour out libations of coffee
on the mountain.
Hand the longer straw
to the loser.
Soften tall buildings
with mystical solvent
until they topple.
Put a painting in each hand,
then toss them into the dumpster.
Do you still believe in miracles
after hearing these dark sayings?
How can your heart not be sad?
Even the blackbird is numb.
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Haiku My Heart: Blaze
A car’s side mirror reflects autumn colors, Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California
forward or backward
a blaze lights up the mountain—
autumn afternoon
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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