Tower

Bell tower, Templo de Santo Domingo, Zacatecas, México
 

ancient bell tower
six dozen mottled pigeons
cooing grace and peace

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Ein Stück Himmel #73
 
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Betrayal

May 21

 
 

bitter fruit
sullying her lips
after their kiss

 
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Haiku Heights: “Betrayal”

Comfort

May 20

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Yuma, Arizona
 

In Lady Mary
downtrodden souls find comfort—
devils gnash their teeth.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Ruby Tuesday 2
 
More Carpe Diem: “The Devil”
 
More Mornings with Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Whirling with Robert Frost

May 19

 
The first line of each haiku or senryu is taken from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.
 

~~ 1 ~~
I could not travel
the bleak and nebulous roads—
blazing ways I sought.
 
~~ 2 ~~
 
Way leads on to way,
even when you’re short of breath
and the timing’s off.
 
~~ 3 ~~
 
Be one traveler,
not two or three, divided
in vision and touch.
 
~~ 4 ~~
 
in the undergrowth
a torch to cut through darkness
and welcome the light
 
~~ 5 ~~
 
in a yellow wood
a broken slab of tombstone
where three wraiths hover
 
~~ 6 ~~
 
I shall be telling
an opaque tale that will crush
the strongest of souls.

 
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 109

Balanced

May 19

Sunflower in an irrigated field, Southern Arizona
 

Sometimes paradise
is a sunflower balanced
between earth and sky.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Blue Monday
 
More Macro Monday
 
More Monday Mellow Yellows
 
More Carpe Diem: “Temperance”
 
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
 
More Postcards from Paradise at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Slow Death

May 18

Old mowing machine, Clifton, Arizona
 

slow death by rusting
neglected mowing machine
after the harvest

 

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Carpe Diem: “Death”
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Fork in the Road

May 18

 

Right? Left? Which way is better?

 
 
More Six-Word Saturday

Hanged

May 17

Sunrise on a playground, Southern Arizona
 

north, south, east, west
neck encompassed by a noose
the hanged man twirls

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Himmelsk
 
More SkyWatch Friday
 
More Ein Stück Himmel #72
 
More Carpe Diem: “The Hanged Man”
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Neglected

May 17

Clifton, Arizona
 

Neglected garden—
peering through the sagging gate
an old woman weeps.

 

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Friday’s Fences
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Leaking

May 16

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

spring morning
bullet-riddled tin
leaking sky

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Himmelsk
 
More SkyWatch Friday
 
More Carpe Diem: “Takahama Special”

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