Category Archives: Huichol

Festival

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Indigenous Huichol child, Zacatecas, México
 


for the festival
a bauble on the table
necklaces of fire

 

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Weary Traveler

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Weary traveler,
long and winding is the road
leading on and on.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Huichol woman ascending Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas, México
 
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Being the Youngest

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Being the youngest,
I am the favorite child—
skip ten thousand steps.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Huichol exhibit, Museo Zacatecano Zacatecas, México
 
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The Craftsman

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Craftsman dreaming deep—
a road unfolds before him
bead by bead by bead.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: A Huichol craftsman, Zacatecas, México
 
More The Thursday Think Tank poems with the theme “The Road” here
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Craft” here
 
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Why Does this God Smile?

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Why does this god smile?
Does he know something I don’t?
It is possible…

 
© Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Intricate Huichol bead work, Museo Zacatecano, Zacatecas, México
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Freestyle” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Smile” here
 
More Sunday Scribblings with the theme “Possible” here
 
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Child of the Huichol

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Child of the Huichol,
who will teach your tender soul
to make right choices?

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: A Huichol street vendor’s child, Zacatecas, México
 
More The Thursday Think Tank poems with the theme “Choices” here
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Freestyle” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Soul” here
 
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Carrying Water

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In her soul she knows
the sacredness of water,
of carrying it.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Detail from a Huichol tapestry, Museo Zacatecano, Zacatecas, México
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Soul” here
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
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More Mellow Yellow Monday photos here
 
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More I Heart Macro photos here
 
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Serpents Have No Feet

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Serpents have no feet,
yet they travel fast to seek
something new to eat.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Detail from a Huichol tapestry, Museo Zacatecano, Zacatecas, México
 
More Sunday Scribblings with the theme “New” here
 
More We Write Poems with the theme “Feet” here
 
More Haiku Heights with the theme “Travel” here
 
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More The Poetry Pantry #81 poems here
 
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Dreams

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She dreams of pleasure—
peering across the rooftops,
her blood remembers.

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Wixáritari woman on Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas, México
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Dreams” here
 
More The Thursday Think Tank #61 with the theme “She” here
 
More Sunday Scribblings with the theme “Pleasure” here
 
More PicStory #10 with the theme “Some Green” here
 
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More Monday Poetry Train Revisited #133 here
 
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