Category Archives: 3-5-3
Empty
Sunlight through a stained glass window pools on the floor, Sacred Heart Church, Farmington, New Mexico
no music
dislodging silence
empty church
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Haiku Horizons: “Music”
Singing
One of many ruins at Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
ancient ones
singing up the sun
one more time
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Horizons: “Time”
Welcoming
Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), Northern Arizona
welcoming
all things ravenous—
bright blossoms
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Gates
Clifton, Arizona
sagging gates—
behind them a dog
worries bones
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Weaver
Navajo loom, Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
on her loom
Navajo weaver
makes magic
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Unloved
Cattle Track Arts Compound, Scottsdale, Arizona
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall…
from “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
unloved wall—
even the old paint
is weeping
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
Past
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
no twinkling
from the shattered bulb—
Christmas past
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
no twinkling
from the shattered bulb—
Christmas past
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Clumsy Attempts
~~ 1 ~~
wide-awake children
in refugee settlements
whirling at midnight
~~ 2 ~~
in the poppy field
no sign of holy water—
pilgrim pushes on
~~ 3 ~~
Why begrudge the stone
underneath the forest pine
its endless silence?
~~ 4 ~~
her shouts of anger
pulling him out of his dreams
Sunday afternoon
~~ 5 ~~
a spider
bereft of its web
in mourning
~~ 6 ~~
molecules of dust
settling in the dead man’s eyes
open and staring
~~ 7 ~~
how from the crow’s tongue
seven shrill alarms clang out
over the cornfield
~~ 8 ~~
how the youngest child
fearing the sting of the wasp
runs from the meadow
~~ 9 ~~
sunny afternoon
in the middle of winter—
ten thousand questions
~~ 10 ~~
her clumsy attempts
to make sense out of nonsense—
the latest shooting
Haiku © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #36
Piercing
Saguaro cactus, Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
at midday
from saguaro spines
piercing songs
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Healing
Wilderness Gardens Preserve, Pala, California
wounded tree
healing memories
in the sun
Text © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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