Category Archives: Haiku Heights
Useless
Wayside debris, Southern Arizona
tossed along the road
a useless bit of citrus
perfuming the way
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Bidding
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
her useless pursuit—
bidding the sea to be still
while shadows deepen
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Retired
Old hay rake, Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
retired from hay fields
farm implement at high noon
raking sharp shadows
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Delight
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, Mexico
mornings with Mary
you hear the angels clapping
with unfeigned delight
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Kirov
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
perhaps a loud clap
will make the door fly open—
Ali Baba knows
~~ ~~ ~~
Mermaids Coffee Shop
dreams of Kirov in the cup
swirling wisps of steam
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hopeful
La Virgen de Guadalupe at a wayside shrine, Ajo, Arizona
ever-hopeful ones
stumbling to the wayside shrines—
great expectations
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Dew
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Dew from the mountain
does not dampen desert dust—
still the white bird sings.
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La Divina Pastora
La Divina Pastora (The Divine Shepherdess), artist unknown, Museo Zacatecano Zacatecas, México
In her dreams
she gambols with lambs—
white and black.
~~ ~~ ~~
Holy Shepherdess,
lead us to the rivulet,
where your sheep may drink.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Comforting
Virgin of Guadalupe comforting Juan Diego, Puebla Cathedral, México
comforting embrace
for all the brokenhearted—
rainbow hope still glows
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Placid
Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins, Colorado
this dark autumn night
the bright stars of Milky Way
cries of geese above*
in placid mountain waters
seven fathoms deep the song
*Opening gambit by Lothar M. Kirsch of Rheumataloge
Final two lines © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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