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Sips
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Arizona heat—
tall saguaros quench their thirst
with sips of water
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Cloudless
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
On a cloudless day
not even crows fill the void
with their raucous songs.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Complicated
Ocotillo blossoms, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Shadow, bloom, and thorn—
how complicated the soul
of the wilderness!
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Journey
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
We thought we’d take a journey,
We knew not where to go;
We saw a trackless wasteland
With cactuses aglow.
We followed Crow’s directions
From dawn to setting sun,
Until our journey ended
Right where it had begun.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Daggers
A variety of cholla cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Whetted by the sun,
the cholla’s deadly daggers
keep all foes at bay.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Piping
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
a dove keeps piping
beyond the distant mountains
endless notes of joy
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Benediction
Daybreak, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
The benediction of early morning shadows…
Text 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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Warriors
Two saguaro cacti seem to be battling each other at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
Sometimes in this world you see things that are strange.
I once saw two cactuses out on the range,
And swear they were punching out each other’s lights—
It was one of those weird and wonderful sights.
I wonder if that’s the way things go on Earth:
Contentions beginning the moment of birth.
Does anyone think that all warring will cease,
So all of Earth’s creatures can revel in peace?
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
War
Cholla cactus blossoms at daybreak, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
You’d think that a cactus would welcome the light.
Instead, it was fighting with all of its might
The vanishing darkness, the lengthening day—
How strange was the battle I saw by the way!
The battle continues, or so I am told;
The stones and the sands repeat stories of old.
The warring goes on between darkness and light,
With cactuses getting caught up in the fight.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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