Magical Mystical Teacher

Mother of the Snows

magicalmysticalteacher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:46:32 +0000

Mother of the snows,
when you send forth your children,
who will welcome them?

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Northern Arizona

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Mother of the Lights

magicalmysticalteacher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:32:08 +0000

Mother of the lights,
when you send forth your children,
desert lands rejoice.

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Northern Arizona

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Mother of the Winds

magicalmysticalteacher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:05:44 +0000

Mother of the winds,
when you rebuke your children,
all the grass lies still.

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Northern Arizona

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Cactus Craft

magicalmysticalteacher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:06:40 +0000

Dicing nopales,
a woman clad in crimson
plies her cactus craft.

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Near the mercado, Zacatecas, México

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Whose Brush?

magicalmysticalteacher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:33 +0000

Whose the crimson brush
painting common desert weeds
with such dexterous craft?

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Northern Arizona

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Holy Breath

magicalmysticalteacher — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:36:18 +0000

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Job 37:10, King James Version

Crafting cruel frost,
flinging snow across the land—
frigid, holy breath!

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Northern Arizona

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To Take the Wrong Road

magicalmysticalteacher — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:40:13 +0000

To take the wrong road,
ignore all the warning signs
and go your own way.

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: A curve on the approach to San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco, México

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The Craftsman

magicalmysticalteacher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:39:37 +0000

Craftsman dreaming deep—
a road unfolds before him
bead by bead by bead.

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: A Huichol craftsman, Zacatecas, México

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Is This How You Pray?

magicalmysticalteacher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:04:14 +0000

Boy clad in crimson,
darting in and out shadows,
is this how you pray?

Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Photo: Plaza Genaro Codina, Zacatecas, México

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Haiku and Senryu by the Dozen

magicalmysticalteacher — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:58:45 +0000

A guttering flame—
in the failing candlelight,
I stumble downstairs.

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Cold winds from the north—
in this permeable tent,
what will keep them out?

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Through frozen country,
fields clotted with ice and snow,
we make our way home.

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Sixteen fallen trees
littering the brumal earth—
still they wear their leaves.

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Only women know
that making friends with anguish
is a means of grace.

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Do poets like cake?
Fresh-baked and served with brandy,
they might have a slice.

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With seductive speech
she startles me at matins—
could she be the Lord?

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When I am in need,
my Lady Serenity
comes to comfort me.

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You are a ploughed field,
not yet ready for harvest—
first must come the seed.

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Who are your angels?
The revelation shocks me,
I fall down and weep.

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To a distant land
your own feet will carry you—
do not be dismayed.

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If your tongue would sing,
you must woo Music Maiden,
from whom notes are born.

© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

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