Category Archives: senryu
Comfort
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
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Whirling with Robert Frost
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
Hanged
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
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Justice
Sheep skull, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
in a sun-seared land
eye for eye and tooth for tooth
primitive justice
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Threesome
Helpless against God,
the old fighter surrenders
heart, mind, soul and strength.
~~ ~~ ~~
Trample the vintage—
refreshing rivers will flow
for the thirsty ones.
~~ ~~ ~~
vigilant pilgrim
striding through the wilderness
singing to her staff
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More Three Word Wednesday: “Helpless, Trample, Vigilant”
Bridge
her partial plate
a bridge to her future
of toothlessness
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More Haiku Heights: “Bridge”
Strength
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Yuma, Arizona
a child’s strength
tests a mother’s love
and mercy
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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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
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 108
Seven Stories
~~ 1 ~~
ravenous kisses
his fumbling with her buttons
their first love story
~~ 2 ~~
Whoever she is,
she knows how to weave stories
he cannot take off.
~~ 3 ~~
how the guitarist
tells stories with his fingers
skipping on the strings
~~ 4 ~~
rusted wheelbarrow
white chickens dripping with rain
sad barnyard story
~~ 5 ~~
For a good journey,
she stitched a bag of stories
to tell round the fire.
~~ 6 ~~
granite grave marker
date of birth and date of death
story etched in stone
~~ 7 ~~
their old love letters
telling stories about them
to her grandchildren
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Heights: “Story”
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Three Storms
the storm’s destruction
how the midnight ravaging
cries out for healing
~~ ~~ ~~
a lanky stranger
an impending thunderstorm
alarm bells clanging
~~ ~~ ~~
her ultimatum
delivered during a storm
of venomous words
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday: “Storm”
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