Category Archives: Adjei Agyei-Baah
Way
Walkway, Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Adjei Agyei-Baah’s haiku about a beggar inspires me to write a new haiku about the people we would prefer not to see:
roadside walk—
a beggar stretches leg
as hand
~~ ~~ ~~
shadowy walkway—
the beggar no one can see
stretching out his hand
~~ ~~ ~~
Sometimes the way leads through shadows.
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Scarecrow
Gnarled ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Adjei Agyei-Baah’s haiku about a scarecrow inspires me to write a new haiku about a different kind of scarecrow:
full moon─
a scarecrow watches
its own shadow
~~ ~~ ~~
desert scarecrow tree
flapping at clouds and shadows—
next time the full moon
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Feigning
Abandoned amphitheatre, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
on his shadow bed
feigning health and heartiness
one of Shakespeare’s kings
~~ ~~ ~~
Plays past echo in the stones.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Name
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
no sign of tears
to prove your name
weeping willow
perhaps the wind has dried them
or a hundred days of sun
*Opening gambit © by Adjei Agyei-Baah
Final two lines © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Curtain
Waterfall, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
silvery curtain—
parting the shimmering folds
for a closer look
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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