Calm Waters

Sandycove Harbour, County Dublin, Ireland
 

In cove’s calm waters
a circus will soon begin—
proud swimmers preening.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Foreshadowing

Dec 20

December sunset, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

Winter clouds ripen,
foreshadowing showers of
early plum blossoms.

 
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Storm Cat

Dec 14

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

gingerly
perching on barbed wire—
old storm cat

 
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Desolate Sculpture

Dec 7

Discarded fence wire, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

desolate sculpture
battered by ten thousand storms
cast-off barnyard fence

 
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November Sky

Nov 30

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

clear November sky
first snow falling three days north
desert monks rejoice

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Banjo Strings

Nov 16

Sunset, Northern Arizona
 

these old banjo strings
stretched against the western sky
twanging down the sun

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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No Hunting

Oct 26

Southern Arizona
 

Laughing at the sign,
then moving in for the kill—
dove hunters at dawn.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Constricting Faith

Oct 19

Garden fence, home of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 

Some people embrace
the religion of fences—
a constricting faith.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Barbs

Oct 12

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 

instead of poppies,
barbs of cactus, barbs of wire
piercing tender hearts

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Revelation

Sep 13

Discarded fence wire, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 

For revelation
I sought the tangled fence wire,
but found only lies.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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