Category Archives: Cabrillo National Monument

Pathway

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Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
 


Far from arrow-straight,
still the sacred pathway leads
to the Spirit’s house.
 
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Will 2015’s path be marked clearly?

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Beacon

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Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
 
old beacon
hailing all strangers ~
mind the land*


three come sailing in at dusk
spirit, mystery, and flesh

*Opening gambit by Wabi Sabi of Wabi Sabi: Poems and Images
 
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Flares

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Blossom, sea and sky—
their language flares with truth, child,
but please tell me why.

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: California buckwheat in bloom, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
 
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Nothing

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A frank confession:
I peer into the distance,
but I see nothing.

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
 
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Need

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In need of healing,
she gazes through the window
to the distant sea.

 
 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
 
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Cabrillo

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Needing to explore,
Cabrillo went the distance
and found a new world.

 
 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Monument to Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
 
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Singing

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Some shadows, a stone,
the singing of wind and sun—
what more do you need?

 
 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Along the trail at Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
 
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Here

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Beyond the window?
In some strange and distant place?
All you need is here.

 
 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Need” here
 
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