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The worst of your poems
Fallen leaves along the Cache La Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
Take the worst of your poems
and put them in the bottom left drawer
of the wooden desk that once
belonged to your grandmother.
Lock them away for at least
a year and a day.
Do not think about them,
do not try to revise them
in your mind
as you wash the supper dishes
or take the dog for a walk
or withdraw cash from the machine.
Leave them alone,
leave them for a year and a day,
and when you take them out again
you will see their flaws and imperfections
and you might change a word or two
but your regrets for having written them
will fall away
just as the red leaves
fall from the backyard maple
after autumn’s first hard rain.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Raven
Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
Even in autumn
raven follows the river
as far as the sea.
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Seasons
Melange of autumn leaves near the banks of Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
among the brown ones
a single red maple leaf—
autumn’s tattered texts
in the middle of a book
that the author never ends
Text © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Conversation
Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
among river stones
a lengthy conversation
lasting to the sea
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Texts
Melange of autumn leaves near the banks of Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
Even in decay
the tattered texts of autumn
tell of summer nights.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rough
Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
a river flowing
endlessly to the rough sea
storm songs day and night
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Photographer
Photographer and subject near Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
The photographer
pleads with her subject to smile
before the moon wanes.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Migration
Pool in woodlands near Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
by the shallow pond
reflection drawing northern fowl
a warm sun shimmers*
hiding the stars in their wings
ten thousand migrating geese
*Opening gambit by Joanne Moceri-Taveira of 4JOY
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Riddles
Low-lying woodland near Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
my little green lawn
dreams about the pampas grass
I dream of the stars*
even woodland water pools
are filled with sacred riddles
*Opening gambit by JazzBumpa of Retirement Pastels
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Deeper
Pedestrians on a riverine path near Cache la Poudre River, Fort Collins, Colorado
crossing the footbridge
a sound that comes unbidden …
my wild beating heart*
deeper into the shadows
lured by a lone raven’s call
*Opening gambit by Laura R. Williams of Look for a Lovely Thing
Final two lines and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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