Category Archives: Postcards from Paradise
Whirling Here and There
~~ 1 ~~
Hawk with broken wing,
will you be circling the sun
only in your dreams?
~~ 2 ~~
from her mouth strong words—
a vow to love him always,
binding heart to heart
~~ 3 ~~
Still on moonless nights
she chants space between each star—
planets mouth her song.
~~ 4 ~~
the crook of her arm
protecting her nose and mouth
from his smashing fist
~~ 5 ~~
how the preacher’s drone
takes me to my childhood cave
where the dragons dance
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Whirling Along
~~ 1 ~~
thunderous applause
rolling across the meadow
crickets know the score
~~ 2 ~~
spit and dirt
Jesus’ home-grown cure
for blindness
~~ 3 ~~
messages from God
sent to my Gmail account
forgot the password
~~ 4 ~~
count the ways
you love me—more than
one I hope
~~ 5 ~~
soup du jour
tomato lovers
shedding tears
~~ 6 ~~
Thousand or seven—
which number is the better
to track tragedies?
~~ 7 ~~
red planet
hurtling through the sky
while I sleep
~~ 8 ~~
dish of honeyed pears
gracing the kitchen table
brandy in a glass
~~ 9 ~~
Front Street empty
until the next shootout
in Dodge City
~~ 10 ~~
dressing the pheasant
for the Thanksgiving table
dreaming of turkey
~~ 11 ~~
Charm the holy One
into telling you only
what you want to hear.
~~ 12 ~~
pulsing with desire
for a romp in the backseat
when she backhands him
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Shade
Distant mountains,glimpsed through a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
In the tangled shade
of an old palo verde,
desert pilgrims pray.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shadows
View from the Santa Margarita River Trail, Fallbrook, California
Sometimes paradise
arrays itself in shadows,
sometimes bright blue skies.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sometimes
Flowering yucca, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
Sometimes paradise
arrives as a morning mist—
or a bright blue sky.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Seedsongs
Brittlebush blossom seedhead, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Sometimes paradise
is the brittling of blossoms,
desert seedsongs, and…
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lullaby
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tranquility
Creosote bush blossom, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
one fragile blossom
wilderness tranquility
unfurling at dawn
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tracks
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
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Whirling with Gary Soto
The first line of each haiku or senryu below is taken from “The Elements of San Joaquin” by California poet Gary Soto.
At a used-car lot
three naked boys are hiding
under a Kia.
~~ ~~ ~~
When the season ends,
spent root and leaf plowed under
replenish the earth.
~~ ~~ ~~
As the heat rises,
a vixen scurries homeward—
birth-time for her kits.
~~ ~~ ~~
On the river’s edge,
two women who lack nothing
hold hands, then plunge in.
~~ ~~ ~~
Little by little
the quivering candlelight
vanquishes darkness.
~~ ~~ ~~
on my wrists and palms
a dozen faces held fast
by tattooer’s ink
~~ ~~ ~~
I am becoming
an imaginary door
to another world.
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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