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Piping
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
how barren places
piping a thin green music
restore thirsty souls
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shopping
Shopping in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
From the mercado
she carries in her basket
daily bread and light.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Happiness
Abandoned irrigation ditch at sunset, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
happiness
in walking alone
at day’s end
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Whirling for Good or Ill
~~ 1 ~~
her passport photo
veins bulging in her forehead
from the night before
~~ 2 ~~
ocean on the floor
the toddler’s howl of dismay
as she spills her milk
~~ 3 ~~
tangled old orchard
filling her with fear and dread—
the fruitless plum trees
~~ 4 ~~
a secret language
spoken only by bruised flesh
women understand
~~ 5 ~~
a silver whistle—
the weight of it in my hand
greater than my life
~~ 6 ~~
in the stone circle
waiting to welcome the moon—
the owl calls my name
~~ 7 ~~
empty begging bowl
not a single grain of rice
gracing the bottom
~~ 8 ~~
on a blue table
bouquet of yellow roses
dropping their petals
~~ 9 ~~
ghost of a corn stalk
blasted by hot winds and drought—
this crop of ruin
~~ 10 ~~
smashing a spider
with a granite paperweight—
the terrified child
~~ 11 ~~
names of the war dead
chiseled in a granite wall
stray dog lifts his leg
~~ 12 ~~
old haiku poet
sadness drifting through her words
still she dips her pen
© 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Companions
Brittlebush leaves at twilight Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the brittlebush leaves
gathering light to themselves
my sole companions
~~ ~~ ~~
The best companions are in nature.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Longing
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Kentucky farmer
longing to plant an orchard
in the wilderness
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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House
Sunrise glimpsed through the branches of an ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the way to my house
bestrewn with thorns and sorrows—
crow on the mountain
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Leaving
Early morning ascent of a hot air balloon, southern Arizona
leaving the stage
for a higher calling
hot air balloon
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Bare Branches
Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
docile calico kitten
padding along behind us
~~ ~~ ~~
Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
inflicting on each other
our foxy little hearts
~~ ~~ ~~
Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
a whimper from the graveyard
making us tighten our grip
*Opening gambit (“Bare branches touch,” etc.) © by Jackie Le Poidevin
Final two lines of each set © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rooster
Rooster painted in acrylics by Havre, Montana artist Mary Nault at a recent outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
a small church choir—
even the tenors welcome
the rooster’s singing
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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