Who Can Love a Stone?

 

Who can love a stone
set up for remembering
one whose heart is stilled?

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: IOOF Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Haiku Heights: Stranger               Mellow Yellow Monday

Nov 21

 

No stranger story
could ever be told—green leaves
melting into gold.
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Watson Lake, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Watery Wednesday: Cattails

Nov 16

 

cattails speaking tongues
wisdom taught them long ago—
reedy whisperings
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Watson Lake, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Haiku My Heart with Plenty

Nov 12

 

praise for simple gifts—
squash and beans, chiles and maize—
garden of plenty
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Section of a mural, Prescott Public Library, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Watery Wednesday: Songs

Nov 9

 

Water, earth and sky,
what strange songs do you conspire
to sing hour by hour?
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Watson Lake, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Ruby Tuesday: Tenacious             Mrs. Scribe’s Poetry Slam

Nov 8

 

still saucy, sassy—
tenacious gaillardias
blooming after frost
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: On the shores of Watson Lake, Prescott, Arizona
 
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More poets participating in Mrs. Scribe’s Poetry Slam can be found here.

One Single Impression and       Mellow Yellow Monday: Pause

Nov 7

 

faltering leaves pause
in mid-song to sniff chill air—
scent of killing frost
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: An alley in Prescott, Arizona
 
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Haiku Heights: Clasp

Nov 7

 

Who can pluck the bur,
clasp it fiercely to her breast?
Medusa, perhaps.
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Burs on the shore of Watson Lake, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Sky … through Autumn Leaves

Oct 28

 

slice of sky
through pumpkin-y leaves—
autumn pie
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Cottonwoods, Prescott, Arizona
 
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Haiku My Heart…with Comfort

Oct 22

 

Blue sky on my stone,
you will bring me great comfort
on my long journey.
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: IOOF Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona
 
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