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A Pilgrim’s Consolation
Warfare, pilgrim, is good reason to betake yourself from here.
Seek the roads that no one else takes; from the crowd now disappear.
Do not disdain the pebble that now lodges in your shoe.
Hail those you meet along the way; give praise where praise is due.
Shield yourself from falsehood by recalling holy tales;
Strengthen soul and body as you drink the sacred ales.
At the crest of yonder mountain, where clouds obscure the view,
Fear not, O weary pilgrim: Someone watches over you.
Poem © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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End
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
at her journey’s end
a simple decoration
for the pilgrim’s grave
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lodging
Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
on a lonely path
ten thousand pilgrim footprints
lodging in the dust
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sorrows
Juvenile ironwood tree armed with thorns, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the pilgrims’ pathway
littered with thorns and sorrows—
still they stumble on
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Consolations
Detail from a tiny triptych at Fábrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
The painting itself is about the size of a U.S. quarter-dollar coin.
on the pilgrim way
a mother’s consolations
and the piercing thorns
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Thanks
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
a grateful pilgrim
giving thanks along the way
for each living thing
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Signs
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Signs that tell a tale
refresh the pilgrim’s footsteps
on her long journey.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Candle
Yucca in bloom, March 2016, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
lighting her candle
to see the way more clearly—
wilderness pilgrim
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sign
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Macro sign, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Even a small sign
can guide a pilgrim’s footsteps
on the homeward way.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Imprint
Climbing the pyramid at La Cañada de la Virgen, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
each step of the way
bearing the fragile imprint
of the pilgrim’s breath
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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