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Blue Monday: Tangles
Tangled branches of a fallen palo verde tree, Yuma County, Arizona
Beyond the tangles, a patch of blue
Catches my eye and gives me a clue
About life’s tangles and how long they’ll last:
In the blink of an eye, they will be past.
Poem and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Tangled
An orange tree in need of pruning in a Phoenix, Arizona backyard
Through tangled branches
no one can see the new moon,
even at midnight.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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The cup
The sprinklers go round
and round and round.
You smell the water
as it streams over the lawn
over the flowers,
over your afternoon languor,
over you.
How damp you are!
How tangled your hair!
You undress yourself,
and find that you are thirsty.
Someone fills a cup
sitting empty on the shelf.
Someone fills a cup
with salt and lemons,
setting your mind aflame
with poetry, not prose.
Someone fills a cup,
and you drink deep
and deeper.
Someone fills a cup,
and the cup
is
you.
More Sunday’s Whirligig #130
More Poetry Pantry #372 at Poets United
Looking
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
looking for a sign
amid the tangled branches—
any one will do
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Haiku Horizons: “Sign”
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
Unpunctuated
Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus fremontii), Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
in tangled places
stories tumble line by line
unpunctuated
~~ ~~ ~~
Within the shadows great surprises hide.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Glimpse
Sunrise in May, seen through the branches of an indigo bush (Psorothamnus fremontii) , Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
through tangled branches
a glimpse of the homeward way—
her heart skips a beat
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku Horizons: “Skip”
Glimpse
Sunrise in May, seen through the branches of a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Through tangled branches
a glimpse of the homeward way
satisfies my heart.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Breath
Gnarled ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Winter afternoon—
a mourning dove leaves its breath
tangled in a tree.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Poetry Pantry #289
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Hiding
Ironwood tree as January afternoon shadows lengthen, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
A blackbird hiding
among the tangled branches
sings an evening song.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
Tangled
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
in tangled places
where no weary foot dares tread—
the scent of danger
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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