Category Archives: El Charco del Ingenio

Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Timeless Blossom

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Long ago and far away a cactus bloomed at El Charco del Ingenio, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México.
 
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Photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher

 
 
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Searching

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A vaquero searching for his cattle, El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


searching for lost calves
and hoping he finds them soon—
a lone vaquero

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
  
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Causeway

Causeway
 
Causeway at El Charco del Ingenio, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


Walking the causeway,
silence carries me along,
silence and birdsong.

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Battered

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Battered blue bucket at the ruins, El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


Battered blue bucket—
how long until a tinker
comes to plug the holes?
 
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Battered things abound in this world.

 
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Hieroglyphs

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Reeds at El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


with their tangled tongues
ravens writing on the reeds
hieroglyphs of doom

 
 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Papyrus”

Vigilance

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Ruins at El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


vigilance
among the ruins
where snakes lurk

 
 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Lolly’s ‘Bedside Vigilance'”

Greensong

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Ruins at El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


through a crumbling door
walking into summertime—
the greensong of leaves

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Summertime”

Corner

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Ruins at El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


Turning the corner
that crumbled ages ago,
I search for a lamp.
 
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I turn the corner
that crumbled ages ago,
searching for a lamp.

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Fuyuko Tomita’s ‘The Corner'”

Thumping

Vaquero photo SanMiguelJune2012923a.jpg
A vaquero searching for his cattle, El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


thumping the wasteland—
the steady clippity-clop
of a horse’s hooves

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Whispering

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View through a ruined window, El Charco del Ingenio conservation area, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
 


through the south window
the desiccated grasses
whispering my name

 
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s “My Dreams Start to Wander'”