Category Archives: cemetery
Blue Monday: Mary’s Place
Mary has a special place at Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
When I go to Mary’s Place,
I remember her sweet face,
And the way she used to pray
At the start of every day:
“Bless, O Lord, both great and small;
Shower good things on them all.
Let not evil have its way
This or any other day.”
Thus she prayed for you and me,
Prayed nonstop, prayed fervently.
I can almost see her face
When I come to Mary’s Place.
Photo and poem © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Standing Watch
La Virgen de Guadalupe stands watch over a grave. Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona.
deeper than winter
longer than any shadow
love that never ends
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Solitude
The solitude of St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, St. Johns, Arizona is a soldier’s final resting place.
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Weeping
Virgin of Guadalupe on the headstone of a woman who died at age 29, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
last days of autumn—
somewhere a mother’s weeping
for a daughter lost
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Twelve Days of Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Visiting
Joaquin’s grave, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
weeping her way home—
one more bittersweet morning
visiting his grave
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Home”
Endless
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
in mixed company
the endless conversations
of saints and sinners
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Saint”
Yesterday
A stray bouquet from a desert cemetery, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
a rough departure
from the grave dug yesterday—
tattered silk bouquet
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Quiet
Weathered and faded headstone decorations at twilight, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
even the ravens
quiet their clattering tongues—
women in mourning
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Twelve Days of Mary
Face
Our Lady of Sorrows, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
in autumn’s twilight
catching a glimpse of a face
on a weathered stone
~~ ~~ ~~
Not all sorrows are the same.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Twelve Days of Mary
Name
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
a name carved in stone
only part of the story—
listening for more
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
