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Four Autumn Haiku
1.
On the far mesa,
strangled shadows gasp for light—
deepening autumn.
2.
I miss you, Father—
it was hard to say farewell
on that autumn day.
3.
I fall into bed,
beat from raking autumn leaves,
and page through some books.
4.
Seven kinds of mud
slow me on my pilgrimage—
long autumn journey.
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Four Haiku
at the water’s edge
the saved wait to be baptized—
old-time religion
shadows by the bridge
sculpted from hollowed-out light—
great blue heron’s cry
feet follow cinders
leading to the temple gate
a place of great grace
fingers framed by light
clutching an old rosary
carved of human bone
Haiku © 2020 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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Confusing
Shadow of a nearby palm tree, not the downspout, on a wall, Yuma, Arizona
Wait! That’s not the right shadow!
Photo and text © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Indissoluble
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
for one afternoon
marriage of light and shadow
indissoluble
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Feigning
Abandoned amphitheatre, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
on his shadow bed
feigning health and heartiness
one of Shakespeare’s kings
~~ ~~ ~~
Plays past echo in the stones.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fishing
Lone sunflower, Northern Arizona
Although I don’t fish, I do love sunflowers, and so I am charmed by Richard Wright’s haiku:
Like a fishhook,
The sunflower’s long shadow
Hovers in the lake.
~~ ~~ ~~
In a sea of weeds
a lone sunflower fishes
for its lost shadow.
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tangled
Apache County, Arizona
wilderness meadow
tangled with light and shadow—
birdsong stuns the air
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Under
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
under the pine tree
a stone the size of a moon
hung with shadow song
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hint
Agave blossoms, May 2015, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
a hint of shadow
on the skin of the mountain—
blossoms stun the air
~~ ~~ ~~
the living desert at blossom time
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