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A Voice
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
She lifted her voice against the sun,
Cursing because Good Friday was done.
The coming of night would make her feel blue,
For none of her dreams would ever come true.
She pillowed her head and turned off the light,
Preparing to face the terrors of night;
But then came a voice, a voice not her own,
Whispering things from the past she had known:
You are the daughter of wisdom and light,
The child of mercy and goodness and right.
Be not afraid of the terrors ahead.
Lie down and sleep, child, for safe is your bed.
Over her heart washed a wave of relief,
The voice in the night assuaging her grief.
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Good Friday evening—
singing dark songs, Sister Death
slips into my room.
Poems and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Scrubbed
The Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona is often scrubbed of tracks, both animal and human, by strong winds.
Wind, relentless wind,
keeps erasing my footprints
behind and before.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sunset
A December sunset dances through the sky of the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
As they cook supper,
no one in the homeless camp
admires the sunset.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lullaby
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
To the setting sun
a dove sings a lullaby
she has learned by heart.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Sunrise
Sunrise in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Macro Monday 2: Desert Blossom
A prickly poppy adds a bit of color to the landscape, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Tangled
The tangled branches of a palo verde tree, greet visitors to the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Blue Monday: Smidgen of Blue
Clouds cover nearly all the sky in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
Only a smidgen of blue
Peeps through the clouds; wouldn’t you
Be pleased to see more?
That’s what we’re here for:
To honor the most brilliant hue!
Photo and limerick © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Wind
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
In the wilderness
wind keeps erasing the path
I plan to follow.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Presence
Daybreak in the Sonoran Desert, Yuma County, Arizona.
October morning—
an owl that no one can see
makes its presence known.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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