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Briefly
Colorful autumn leaves in California’s Inyo National Forest will soon be dashed to the ground by snow.
clear blue autumn sky—
great joy, albeit briefly,
before the first snow
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Altar
The altar has been decorated with flowers at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Yuma, Arizona. One photo, two memes. .
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Almost Autumn
Shadows can be seen in the grass around one of the first colorful leaves to announce autumn’s arrival.
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Where and Why
The Pacific Ocean reaches shore yards away from the U.S.-Mexico Border at Border Field State Park, California.
Where are the children?
Why does the sea seem to weep
as autumn draws near?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Last Words
The last words she spoke were dark, they were grim,
Not words from a psalm or even a hymn.
Nothing about them seemed hopeful or kind.
(Was the poor woman quite out of her mind?)
Her last words were these (I tell you no lies):
“Just let the crows come and peck out my eyes.”
I did what she asked, and let the crows eat
Both of her eyeballs—a savory treat.
I’ve thought of her fate for many long years;
When I remember, I shed bitter tears.
Now crows are coming for my eyes as well;
Pecking hungrily, they’ll sound my death knell.
Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Reflection
Old buildings are reflected in the window of another old building in Clifton, Arizona. One photo, two memes. .
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Haibun: Lessons
Two of the lessons that my fifth-grade teacher taught me I’ve never forgotten. That’s because Mrs. Pearl Shirley liked to speak in aphorisms, which, as far as I know, she made up herself, and which she drummed into my brain by quoting them in her classroom several times a day.
“You’d better get on the stick before the stick gets on you,” Mrs. Shirley said to students who were dawdling or off task. She meant that there would be consequences for inaction.
That aphorism came to mind a few years ago when I was planning where to travel. I found airfare to Copenhagen for the bargain price of $678 in March, while airfare at that time to most other European capitals was running $800-$900. But I didn’t get on the stick, and by the time I had finally decided to purchase the tickets, they were no longer available.
“You’d better use your head for something besides a hat rack,” Mrs. Shirley said to students who shrugged their shoulders and said, “I don’t know,” when she asked them a question about the lesson. Mrs. Shirley meant that one’s head is more than a decorative appendage; it’s to be used for a high and noble purpose—thinking. A mind, some wise person said, is a terrible thing to waste.
From the ripened plum,
from the raven’s tailfeather,
let there be stories!
Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Sculpture
Shadows can be seen around an unusual sculpture in Yuma, Arizona.
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Consolation
Bougainvillea blossoms brighten a house wall in Wellton, Arizona.
my consolation
in times of desolation—
bountiful blossoms
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona keeps burning, and the heat
Is brutal on the brains, and murder on bare feet.
(It’s slightly less oppressive from midnight until dawn.)
God help us all, and keep us, till summer’s heat is gone!
Poem © by Magical Mystical Teacher
