Category Archives: Guadalajara
Mirror
A mirror decorated for Christmas 2016, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
The napkins on the table
And paintings on the wall
Are pictured in the mirror,
The glass that sees them all.
But mirrors cannot picture
The realm within the soul,
Where Spirit speaks to spirit,
And crushed things are made whole.
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Keratin
Advertisement for decorative fingernails painted on a car door, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
six nails in a row—
rainbow-colored keratin
beckoning to me
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Desperate Poems
A fallen mango, Guadalajara, Mexico
~~ 1 ~~
an orange crayon—
using its tip to scribble
desperate poems
~~ 2 ~~
swirling maple leaves
driven by a sudden gust—
first days of autumn
~~ 3 ~~
first days of autumn—
underfoot the leaves crackle
ancient melodies
~~ 4 ~~
growing vegetables—
her tiny backyard garden
yields the sweetest beans
~~ 5 ~~
the smallest orchard
blazing with bright red apples—
another harvest
~~ 6 ~~
little barn swallow
seeking a new nesting place
after last night’s storm
~~ 7 ~~
The old brass doorknob—
she buffs it to a high sheen,
and studies her face.
~~ 8 ~~
the sacred grotto—
only a partial healing
for the bent woman
~~ 9 ~~
The orchard’s border—
a young man stands by himself,
watching plums ripen.
Deciding whom to marry,
he turns away from the plums.
~~ 10 ~~
Seeking signs of life,
she climbs the sacred stairway
with fear and trembling,
barely able to shuffle,
for the knocking of her bones.
~~ 11 ~~
A four-year-old speaks
her first five-syllable words—
chickadeechatter,
sizzle-n-sazzle, and one
that no adult can pronounce.
Poems © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Clock
Ongoing construction in front of Guadalajara, Mexico’s cathedral
Sunday afternoon—
the clock seems to move slower
than on other days.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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With You
Hogar de Niños, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Here I am with you,
sharing this special moment—
we are not strangers.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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sharing this special moment—
we are not strangers.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Childhood Friends
Here I am with you,
sharing this special moment—
no stone on my tongue.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Hogar de Niños, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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sharing this special moment—
no stone on my tongue.
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Hogar de Niños, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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The Puddle Spirits
The puddle spirits
hold each walker’s feet in thrall—
who will set them free?
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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hold each walker’s feet in thrall—
who will set them free?
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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Spirit of Christmas
Spirit of Christmas,
dressed in red and trimmed in fur,
calm our troubled hearts.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Salvation Army Children’s Home, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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dressed in red and trimmed in fur,
calm our troubled hearts.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Salvation Army Children’s Home, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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Mary of the Empty Arms
O where, O where has my poor babe gone?
Where, O where can he be?
He must be hungry and quite forlorn—
Where, O where can he be?
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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Where, O where can he be?
He must be hungry and quite forlorn—
Where, O where can he be?
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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Spontaneity
Spontaneity—
he stopped, he mugged, he moved on,
laughing all the way.
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Muchacho in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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he stopped, he mugged, he moved on,
laughing all the way.
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Muchacho in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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