Category Archives: A Prompt Each Day
Ladybug
Display in the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Las Vegas, Nevada
Darling, scarlet ladybug,
On the prowl for bugs and such,
If I met you on the rug,
I would not be frightened (much).
~~ ~~ ~~
in a garden row
wishing for a ladybug
to devour the pests
Text © 2015 and photo © 2009 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Ladybug”
More A Prompt Each Day: “I Wish”
Sweeping
A variety of aloe in bloom, Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Sweeping the garden
of debris from last night’s storm,
I’ve time to ponder
these golden aloe blossoms
near the Buddha at the well.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Horizons: “Sweep”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Time”
Flirting
Feeding koi, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
in the garden pond
a thousand golden fishes
flirting with the sun
~~ ~~ ~~
splashed across page one
of this morning’s newspaper—
goldfish invasion
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Wednesday Waters #16
More Carpe Diem: “Goldfish”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Newspaper”
Road
A stone-lined pathway at Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
honeysuckle scent
perfuming the ancient road
that leads to the hills
on a rocky road
women with delicate feet
walking with their gods
fresh winds from the west
erasing every footprint
from the pilgrim way
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Our World Tuesday
More Haiku Horizons: “Fresh”
More: A Prompt Each Day: “Rocky Road”
More Carpe Diem Full Circle Challenge: “Heaven”
Fountain
Plaza de Armas, Zacatecas, México
With the same longings
people and pigeons gather
where the fountain flows.
In the quiet hours
stars slip into the waters—
those who drink them shine.
~~ ~~ ~~
“Come, thou Fount of every blessing…”
Text © 2015 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Six-Word Saturday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Fountain”
More: A Prompt Each Day: “Weekend Wordle #6”
Today
Some of the books on one of my many shelves
An old oak topples—
what better day than today
to open a book?
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More A Prompt Each Day: “Today”
More Carpe Diem: “Classical Way of Writing Haiku”
Bones
Discarded catfish carcass, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
howling wind—
an autumn note within
the bamboo flute
even catfish bones
quiver at the sound
*Opening gambit © by Kala Ramesh
Final two lines and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More A Prompt Each Day: “Flute”
More Carpe Diem: “Kala Ramesh’s ‘Howling Wind'”
Mirror
An old King James Version Bible, open to James 1:22-24
Peering in the glass,
she checks her appearance, then
leaves her face behind.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Surprise”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Mirror”
Weary
September sundown, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Weary of waiting
for the dragonfly’s return,
daylight slips away.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Carpe Diem: “Dragonflies”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Return”
Recalcitrant Student
Because he did not want to learn,
His lessons the student did spurn.
He cast sidelong looks
At all of his books—
His homework he tossed in an urn.
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