Category Archives: El Charco del Ingenio
Blue Monday & Ruby Tuesday Too: Timeless Blossom

Long ago and far away a cactus bloomed at El Charco del Ingenio, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México.
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Searching

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 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

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?
~~ ~~ ~~
Battered things abound in this world.
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Hieroglyphs

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

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

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

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.
~~ ~~ ~~
I turn the corner
that crumbled ages ago,
searching for a lamp.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Thumping

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

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'”