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Stones

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A decorative planter is offered for sale at a New Mexico gift shop.
 


Some little red stones
looking good enough to eat
top the blue glazed pot.

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
   
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “The Food We Eat”

Nest

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Little creatures make their homes among the ruins at Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona.
 


Hidden in the stones,
a nest of weeds and grasses
keeps a sparrow safe.

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Wastelands

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Spines and stones in Pinal County, Arizona
 


in praise of wastelands
she walks a dusty footpath
making up new songs

 
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
   
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “A Tribute Poem”

Haiku My Heart: Chances

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Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona

 


What are the chances
that any stone on the path
will rise up and sing?

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Scolding

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Rugged mountains near Ajo, Arizona
 


Crow on the mountain,
don’t you ever grow weary
of scolding the stones?

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Nature: Her Words”

Desolate

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Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
 


Desolate places—
something akin to wisdom
lingers in the stones.

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Books

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A boulder surrounded by birdsong in a remote location, Apache County, Arizona
 


Some books I found in passing
Contained disturbing words:
The end is near, they seemed to say,
Pay heed to stones and birds;
 
For in this warming climate,
Where things are changing fast,
Not even stones and blackbirds
Have stamina to last.

 
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Books”
 

Wind

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A stone-lined pathway at Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
 


power of the wind—
reducing stones to rubble
one grain at a time

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Wind Power”

Commitment

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Wedding at Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
 


their marital bliss
painted with commitment’s brush
outlasting the stones

 
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Commitment”

Secrets

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
 


How many secrets
are lurking under the stones?
Who can flush them out?

 
Text and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Secrecy”