Category Archives: Poetic Bloomings
Long and Winding Road
Long and winding road,
you have led me to this place—
my heart blooms with joy!
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Prickly pear blossom, Northern New Mexico
More Carry on Tuesday: “The Long and Winding Road”
More Poetic Bloomings: “The Walk of Life”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Mellow Yellow Monday
More Haiku Heights: “Joy”
More Floral Friday Fotos
More I Heart Macro
More Macro Monday
Weary Traveler
Weary traveler,
long and winding is the road
leading on and on.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Huichol woman ascending Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas, México
More Carry on Tuesday: “The Long and Winding Road”
More Poetic Bloomings: “The Walk of Life”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Skywatch Friday
More Blue Monday
More Himmelsk
Only for an Hour
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psalm 103:15-16, King James Version
blossoms tame or wild flower,
then they fade away.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: An iris in bloom, Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
More Poetic Bloomings: “Returning to the Soil”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Sunday Scribblings: “Wild”
More Poetry Picnic, Week 34
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Haiku Heights: “Hour”
More Mellow Yellow Monday
More Floral Friday Fotos
More Macro Monday
More Blue Monday
More I Heart Macro
Someone Wild Singing
in blossoms, dust and shadow—
is it Sun Maiden?
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Spring wildflowers, Northern Arizona
More Postcards from Paradise at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Poetic Bloomings: “Returning to the Soil”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Sunday Scribblings: “Wild”
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Mellow Yellow Monday
More Floral Friday Fotos
More Macro Monday
More I Heart Macro
Conjuring Spring Rain
shifting shadows writhe and dance,
conjuring spring rain.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More The Thursday Think Tank: “Light”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Poetic Bloomings: “Spring Ahead”
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Skywatch Friday
More Himmelsk
Seven Springs Ago
I knelt in awe and wonder
where bright flowers bloomed.
Where bright flowers bloomed,
I worshiped as a pilgrim,
seeking holy signs.
Seeking holy signs,
I felt as though a feather
had swept clean my soul.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Flowers blooming at Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California
More The Thursday Think Tank: “Feather”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Poetic Bloomings: “Spring Ahead”
More We Write Poems: “Signs”
More Mellow Yellow Monday
More Floral Friday Fotos
More Ruby Tuesday 2
More REDnesday
Seven Signs of Spring
hiding ’mid the stones and shadows—
mountains weep for rain
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Barrel cactus, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
More Carry On Tuesday: “I Have a Little Shadow”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Poetic Bloomings: “Spring Ahead”
More We Write Poems: “Signs”
More Poetry Picnic Week 28
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Skywatch Friday
More Blue Monday
More Himmelsk
Savage Signs of Spring
poppies splintering the sun
into shards of light
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Poetic Bloomings: “Spring Ahead”
More We Write Poems: “Signs”
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Mellow Yellow Monday
More Floral Friday Fotos
More Ruby Tuesday 2
More REDnesday
Little Bird of Doubt
The churches of Zacatecas have one thing in common: a pervasive darkness.
In Templo Santo Domingo: shadows on the altar, shadows lurking behind the crucifix, shadows hovering like ravens above the baptismal font. The opening words of Genesis seem to presage the scene: “…and darkness was upon the face of the deep….”
But how much darkness can I endure? How long can I consort with shadows? My soul cries out for light.
I run to the church’s massive front doors, peer out into the sunlit street, and see for myself that “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).
One glimpse of the light is enough. I turn back to enter the gloom and to embrace the darkness that dwells in me, and in all of us.
I caught you in the darkness,
fed you crumbs of light.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Templo Santo Domingo, Zacatecas, México
More The Haiku Challenge 2012: “Paint the Image” (Because I post only my own photos, I have taken a different approach to the prompt.)
More Poetic Bloomings: “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Ruby Tuesday 2
More REDnesday
Romancing the Wild
You can’t step into the same river—or wilderness—twice. Something is always shifting. Something added today will be subtracted tomorrow.
Winds fray the grasses. Blowing sand burnishes the stone. A hungry hawk hovers overhead and the mouse runs for cover, leaving tiny tracks.
A midnight snowfall dusts tumbleweeds and junipers, cacti and spent wildflowers. I walk through a sparkling wonderland that yesterday was brown and barren.
In the desert, snow doesn’t last long: wonderland today, mud tomorrow, dust the day after that. Yet in all seasons, I love this wild place.
Romancing a place takes dedication, just as romancing a person. You set yourself to the task for better or worse; for richer or poorer; in sun or in snow, praying that indifference never tames the wild longings of your heart.
are singing in the washes
snowflakes kiss the notes
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetic Bloomings: “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”
More The Haiku Challenge 2012: “Dedication”
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Watery Wednesday
More SkyWatch Friday
More Himmelsk
