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Mary’s Song
In a niche above a grave, La Virgen de Guadalupe watches and waits at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
Just before Christmas
the mourning doves and blackbirds
join in Mary’s song.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lone
Indigo bush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Lone indigo bush—
not even a mourning dove
clings to its branches.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Moment
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
At any moment
a mourning dove may alight
on the leafless tree.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Barren
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
these barren branches—
even the dove fat with song
refuses to sing
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Songs
Another blazing sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
In a barren tree
a mourning dove sings new songs
to the rising sun.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Stain
Autumn sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
The mourning dove’s breath,
tumbling from a hidden roost,
stains the eastern sky.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sunrise
A new day begins, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Just before sunrise
a mourning dove fluffs her wings
for the day’s first flight.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Emptiness
Ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
summer afternoon—
into the long emptiness
a mourning dove calls
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Stained
Day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Mourning doves nestle
among the twisted branches,
stained with day’s last light.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Late
Mourning dove, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
arriving too late
to accompany the dove’s
lugubrious song
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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