Category Archives: Jalisco
Making Memories
Photo illustration for a Guadalajara Reporter story in 2016, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Someone made some memories,
Made them long ago,
Using a film camera,
And this is what I know:
The women in the photo
Do not smile or blink.
Their bland looks betray nothing—
One wonders what they think.
Each woman holds a doggie,
The doggies are quite still.
Were the little beasties drugged
And held against their will?
And what about the ribbons
The women do not wear?
Are they content with hair spray
To batten down their hair?
A hundred questions pop up
About this photograph;
Some of them are sobering,
And some just make me laugh.
Photo © 2016 and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Memories”
One-Eyed Crow
Caged bird for sale, Mercado San Juan de Dios, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
A one-eyed crow
glares at me from atop
the roadside birch.
If it had hands,
it would be waving me on,
disgusted by my clothes and hair,
which are caked with mud.
But crows have no hands,
and they cannot wave,
nor can they carry sabers
to cut down their foes.
If I could capture that crow,
I’d put it in a cage
lined with newspapers
and sell it—cheap—
at Saturday’s flea market.
Instead, I am retreating
from its mocking tongue.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #126
More Poetry Pantry #368 at Poets United
More Sunday’s Whirligig #126
More Poetry Pantry #368 at Poets United
At the festival
A dog explores the weeds and grasses near Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico
at the festival
she wore only poems
that she had listened to before…
before the wine
before the fruit
before the shades of night
came without warning
to spirit her away
from where she walked
with her favorite dog
the two of them together
clad only
in poems
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #119
More Poetry Pantry #361 at Poets United
More Sunday’s Whirligig #119
More Poetry Pantry #361 at Poets United
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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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Mirror”
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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More Haiku Horizons: “Row”
Gecko
Ceramic gecko on a wall, Zapopan, Mexico
hot summer morning—
gecko scrabbling on the wall
disturbs the dog’s nap
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
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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More Haiku Horizons: “Clock”
Petatillo
Artisan at work, Galería Bernabe, Tonalá, Jalisco, México
summer afternoon—
petatillo artisan
paints another line
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Carpe Diem: “Arts”
petatillo artisan
paints another line
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Arts”
Blue Angel
Angel for sale at a shop, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, México
Angel, do you see
reindeer coursing through the sky—
or are you just shy?
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Angels”
Tongue
Bananas, Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
how one tongue of flame
licking at the hanging fruit
ripens into song
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Shiba Sonome’s ‘An Oak Deep in the Woods'”
