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Though Summer Is Coming
Great horned owl, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Though summer is coming, it isn’t quite here;
Orion and Hercules burn bright and clear
In skies that are frigid and velvet and deep,
While work-weary humans drift off into sleep.
An owl in the desert stands guard near her nest—
To keep her foes wary, she puffs out her chest.
When summertime finally comes with fierce heat,
Both winter and spring will go down in defeat.
Poem and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Afternoon
Brilliant winter day, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
A few passing clouds
muffle a hawk’s piercing scream—
winter afternoon.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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First
Indigo bush on a winter afternoon, Yuma County, Arizona
Full moon or blackbird—
which will be the first to come
and chasten winter?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Birdsong
Palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
winter afternoon—
a nearly empty sky fills
with sudden birdsong
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rail
Abandoned railroad tracks, Ajo, Arizona
Winter afternoon—
a dove lays down her last song
on a rusting rail.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Doves
A leafless indigo bush, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
How many doves leave
songs in the indigo bush
before winter ends?
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Photograph
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
In the photograph
one dark tree tries to withstand
a winter sunrise.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Caw
Barrel cactus made plump by winter rains in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
On the sharpest spine
of an old barrel cactus
a crow leaves its caw.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Distant
Peering through a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Winter afternoon—
so distant are the mountains
I cannot see them.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Faith
Winter sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the farmer’s children—
putting their faith in his hands,
the hands that plant dreams
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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