Category Archives: Ajo
Blue Monday: Angel
Section of a mural in Artists Alley, Ajo, Arizona
Photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Storm
Storm clouds gather near Ajo, Arizona
Little cactus wren,
will your nest be torn to shreds
by the coming storm?
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Desert Family
Detail from a mosaic on a community wall, Ajo, Arizona
We’re a desert family,
We know the ways of stones,
Cactus wrens and rattlesnakes—
The desert’s in our bones.
To snatch us from the desert
Would make our poor hearts ache,
For desert-dwellers cannot thrive
Beside an azure lake.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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I wish I had a Harley
Art on a boarded-up building, Ajo, Arizona
I wish I had a Harley
Instead of my old Schwinn;
I’d open up the throttle,
Go faster than the wind.
But all I have to take me
Someplace at a low cost
Is the bike I’ve had so long
That all its sheen is lost.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Bicycles”
Blue Monday: Open by Chance
Sign outside a shop that sells an assortment of old things (often called antiques) in Ajo, Arizona
“Open by chance,” the blue signboard says,
Maybe at seven or nine.
Or maybe not till the sun goes down—
Whenever, that’ll be fine.
You never know what you’ll find at Ray’s—
It might be trash or treasure;
So come to Ray’s as much as you can,
Then some more for good measure.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Forgotten
A portion of the historic plaza, Ajo, Arizona
A forgotten jacket under the window…
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Work
Detail from a mural, Ajo, Arizona
Woman, why are you
always doing holy work
on your hands and knees?
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Awning
A tattered awning, Ajo, Arizona
An awning that’s tattered and torn
Needs to be somehow reborn.
A needle and thread
Might raise from the dead
The awning whose passing we mourn.
Limerick and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Enchanted
An ironwood tree in the Sonoran Desert near Ajo, Arizona
Enchanted by patterns in the bark…
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Melody
The Sonoran Desert landscape near Ajo, Arizona
On which page is it written,
In which trustworthy book,
That barren places warrant
No glance or second look?
The unassuming places
Hold more than eye can see,
And for those with ears to hear,
A soulful melody.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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