Category Archives: Haiku My Heart Friday

Stories

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An earthenware jar sits on a stone ledge in Zapopan, Mexico.
 


Thieving October,
how did you miss the stories
in the old clay pot?

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Weekly Scribblings #90 at Poets and Storytellers United

Mysteries

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Shadows line the porches of “Winsor Castle” at Pipe Spring National Monument, Fredonia, Arizona.
 


Summer mysteries—
if only I could read one
among the shadows!

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Skywatch Friday SkyWatch Friday
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Light

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An earthenware jar sits on a stone ledge in Zapopan, Mexico.
 


Languid afternoon—
the light inside a clay jar
seeps to the surface.

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
  
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Light”

Thunder

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Butterfly gathering nectar at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California

 


the shadows lengthen
a butterfly lifts its wings—
afternoon thunder

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘Butterflies'”
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon

First Lights

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Sunrise, Northern Arizona
 


first lights of morning
fleeing across the mesa—
hunter draws his bow

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
 
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
 
More Haiku Heights: “First”
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
 
More Skywatch Friday
 
More Friday’s Fences
 
More Himmelsk

Every Farmer Knows

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Every farmer knows
there is no warmth in fence posts,
fiery morning sky!

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Sunrise in Northern Arizona
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
 
More We Write Poems: NaPoWriMo #13
 
More The April Heights: “Warmth”
 
More Skywatch Friday
 
More Friday’s Fences
 
More Himmelsk

To Paint This Image

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To paint this image,
you will need a wilderness
and a brush of snow.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
More The Haiku Challenge 2012 with the theme “Paint the Image” here
(I blog using only my own photos, so I have taken a different approach to the prompt.)
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
 
More Himmelsk photos here

Summer’s Cup

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summer’s cup
nearly empty now…
one more draught

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
 
More Friday’s Fences photos here
 
More Himmelsk photos here

Winter

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Not even fences
can keep winter from straying
into wild places.

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Northern Arizona
 
More The Height of Haiku Challenge, Day 17 with the theme “Winter” here
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Freestyle” here
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More Monday Poetry Train Revisited #136 here
 
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
 
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
 
More Himmelsk photos here

Grass

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What need has the grass
of anything I offer?
We seek the same rain.

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Museo Rafael Coronel, Zacatecas, México
 
More The Thursday Think Tank #59 with the theme “Grass” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Need” here
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More Haiku Heights, Prompt #53, here
 
More Skywatch Friday photos here
 
More Poetry Pantry #59 here
 
More Himmelsk photos here