Category Archives: Apache County
Seven Riffs on Leaves
Cottonwood leaf in autumn, Apache County, Arizona.
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A hole in the fence:
Will I be able to see
the oak leaves falling?
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on the dusty end
of my workshop’s topmost shelf:
three leaves from the oak
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How strange the patterns
made by ginkgo leaves falling
into the gutter!
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Under the plum tree
a cardboard box fills with leaves—
how tattered they look!
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Near the tube station
we slog through wet autumn leaves,
eager to be home.
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wherever I turn
in the last days of autumn:
sodden maple leaves
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pieces of old dreams
some of them with falling leaves
some of them with stones
Haiku © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #183
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Meadow
Apache County, Arizona
wilderness meadow
tangled with light and shadow—
birdsong cleaves the air
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Wilderness”
Books
A boulder surrounded by birdsong in a remote location, Apache County, Arizona
Some books I found in passing
Contained disturbing words:
The end is near, they seemed to say,
Pay heed to stones and birds;
For in this warming climate,
Where things are changing fast,
Not even stones and blackbirds
Have stamina to last.
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Books”
Choosing
Footprint in a sandy wash, Apache County, Arizona
choosing a new path
before the wind can erase
yesterday’s footprints
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Horizons: “Choose”
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Path”
Tricks
Wild asters, Apache County, Arizona
autumn afternoon—
the tricks my eyes play on me
in the aster field
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Storm
Apache County, Northern Arizona
summer storm brewing—
a tumbleweed skeleton
quivers in the wind
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Search
Sunrise, Apache County, Northern Arizona
along the fence line
searching for something I lost
forty years ago
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Ways
Arroyo, Apache County, Northern Arizona
seven ways of weird
one leading me through shadows
in the arroyo
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Weird”
Willing
Stones in an arroyo, Apache County, Northern Arizona
raven, wind and stone
willing to teach the humble
wisdom’s hidden ways
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif: “Teacher”
Knitting
Apache County, Northern Arizona
old woman knitting
three songs for the waxing moon—
one about fences
Text © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Tonight’s Moon”
three songs for the waxing moon—
one about fences
Text © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Tonight’s Moon”
