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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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Woe
“Bones” of a dead saguaro cactus, Maricopa County, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Seven tales of woe—
even the saguaro knows
at least one of them.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tales
Graffiti on a house wall, Zacatecas, México
letters of graffiti telling twisted tales
Text © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Written
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
weird and wondrous tales
written in the twisted bark
of a desert tree
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Comfortless
Prickly Poppy (Argemone pleiacantha), Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
poppy-petal tales
of a dark and thorny way
where no comforts lie
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Frost
Frosty morning, northern Arizona
in a time of frost
seeking the comfort of fire
the tales told by smoke
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Remembering
River stone, Roxaboxen Park, Yuma, Arizona
in a desert land
stones from rivers far away
muttering dark tales
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
fingering these stones
remembering the builders
and the destroyers
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Temple
Desolate building, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
temple of the winds
inviting weary seekers
to hear empty tales
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tales
Fishing boat, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, Mexico
beneath the blue boat
Celtic and Mexican tales
scuttling in shadows
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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