Category Archives: Dublin
Sporting
Scarecrow in the organic garden, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
old strawhead
sporting a new star
for Christmas
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Foxes
New Year’s Eve 2012 fireworks, Dublin, Ireland
against the dark sky
colorful flowers and suns—
another festival
somewhere foxes are waiting
to lap up the fireworks ash
*Opening gambit © by Chèvrefeuille
Final two lines and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Strawhead’s Eyes
Scarecrow in the organic garden, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
wind jostles the scarecrow
near the heavy-hung cornstalks
the summer is spent*
three crows that followed Jesus
have pecked out old strawhead’s eyes
*Haiku by Jessica Slavin
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Old Strawhead
Scarecrow in the organic garden, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
carnival of one—
old strawhead in the garden
crooning for a crow
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Peacock
Orchid, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Dublin
A greenhouse orchid
pretends to be a peacock,
fanning its proud tail.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Older than Words
No matter where I go in the world, I seek wild places. If I cannot find wilderness, then a place where there are more plants than people will do. Wandering through the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin one icy, grey January day, I imagine how this expanse looked when the Vikings invaded Ireland in the 8th century: “wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern” (Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”). Wild oaks clawed at the stars. Brambles raked the backs of unwary beasts. And then came humans:
Long ago the heath
was tamed into a garden
dotted with duck ponds.
Still, there are whiffs of wildness in this place: the raven, bragging of its exploits; the lugubrious willow, mourning the loss of its summer finery; even the eastern breeze trying to be polite as it rustles the reeds. By a language older than words, my soul is restored.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Pretending
Orchid, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Dublin
A greenhouse orchid
pretends to be a peacock,
fanning its proud tail.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Lamps
New Year’s Eve 2012 celebration, Dublin, Ireland
In a Dublin street
blue lamps bob on bamboo poles,
welcoming new year.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Whiffs of Grace
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
Sometimes paradise
leaks through a stained-glass window,
bearing whiffs of grace.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Love Story
St. Columba’s Church, Iona Road, Dublin, Ireland
The faithful gather
to hear the old love story—
Word of God made flesh.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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