Perfume
Blossoms on an ironwood tree, at Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
delicate perfume
leaking from every blossom
of the ironwood
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Perfume”
Ruby Tuesday Too: Little Dots of Red
Little dots of red accentuate yellow palo verde blossoms in Yuma County, Arizona.
Photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Desert Sunrise
Sunrise paints the sky in rainbow hues, Yuma County, Arizona.
The sun’s coming up, the hills are aglow,
Everything’s eager to get up and go;
Lizards, and rattlers, and doves in the tree
Soon will be stirring—thank goodness, not me!
Photo and poem © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Macro Monday 2: Grapes
Grapes ripen at the San Joaquin County Museum, Lodi, California.
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O Blathering Daughters
O blathering daughters, please button your lips!
The skulls in the hallway know all of your quips.
They’ve listened in silence for some fifteen years—
Inscrutable beings without any ears!
They’ve heard of your skirts made of velvet and bone!
They’ve heard all your whining ’bout living alone!
You can’t smooth your wrinkles, O doddering ones,
So prowl in the pantry for cinnamon buns!
Enjoy your sweet repast, the crumbs on your lips,
And watch the ballooning of breasts and of hips!
The skulls in the hallway? Ignore them, my dears!
They’ll listen forever, although they’ve no ears.
Poem © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Headstone
Morning shadows accentuate a headstone at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
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Wilting Weather
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
the garden stone’s heat—
even my white umbrella
is wilting today
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Weather”
Perfect Weather
Campground in Giant Sequoia National Monument, California.
If you’re going camping, you’ll need a new tent;
A blue one is worth every dollar and cent
You spend for its color and beauty and style—
The weather is perfect, let’s camp for a while!
Poem and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Weather”
Ruby Tuesday Too: Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea grows against the stucco wall of a house in Wellton, Arizona.
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Blue Monday: Graveyard Blues
A decorated headstone at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
A graveyard without some bright blue
Is dismal and dingy to view.
So bring on the paint,
I’m sure you won’t faint
By splashing around the bright hue!
Photo and limerick © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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