Category Archives: Anado McLauchlin

Hush

Anado's Wine Bottle Virgin
Virgin of Guadalupe by artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


at the backyard shrine
even the crows hold their tongues—
hush of holiness

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Sanctum

Virgin of the Bathroom
La Virgen de Guadalupe in the bathroom of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


Beauty shines in an inner sanctum.

 
Text © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Mask

Mask at Anado's
 
Mask on outside wall, home of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


a frisson of fear—
remembering the fierce mask
on her neighbor’s wall

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Hem

Anado's Virgin
Virgin of Guadalupe candelabrum by artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


the hem of her dress
blazing a way through darkness
thread by slender thread

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Subtle

Anado's house
 
Home of artist Anado McLauchlin, Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


Subtle shadows play hide-and-seek…

 
Text © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Be

Virgin de Guadalupe photo SanMiguelJune20122090a_zpsbf04555d.jpg
Virgin of Guadalupe mosaic by artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


Her one ambition:
serving God with all her heart—
“Be it unto me…”

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Lady of the Lamp

Anado's Virgin
Virgin of Guadalupe candelabrum by artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105, King James Version
 


Lady of the Lamp,
as the darkness closes in,
guide my feet and heart.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
May I never stray,
Mary of the Menorah,
as you light my way.

 
Thanks to Dina of Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo for the inspiration to write “Mary of the Menorah.”
 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Our Lady of the Loo

Virgin of the Bathroom
Virgin in the bathroom of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


morning ablutions
with Our Lady of the Loo—
an earthy heaven

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Virgin of the Bath

Anado's Wine Bottle Virgin
Virgin of Guadalupe by artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


Bathe us in your grace,
that we may weather the storm,
Virgin of the Bath.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Thirsty Cur

Thirsty cur
Home of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México
 


disdaining
the silent fountain
thirsty cur

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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