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Whose Back?

Jun 20

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The base of a sundial at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


Whose back does the earth ride upon?
An elephant, raven, or swan?
Perhaps it’s a gannet
That holds up the planet
That all of us humans live on!

 
Limerick and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Human”

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Blue Monday: Elephant

Nov 13

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The base of a sundial at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


Whose back does the earth ride upon?
An elephant, raven, or swan?
Perhaps it’s a gannet
That holds up the planet
That all of us humans live on!

 
Limerick and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
 

Posted in Blue Monday, California, light verse, limerick, Long Beach, Rancho Los Alamitos

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Skirling

Aug 13

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Fallen leaf, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California

 


I have attempted to “revise” this charming haiku by Basho:
 

Won’t you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.

 
~~ ~~ ~~
 


in a single leaf
little airs of loneliness
skirling in the light

 
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Thunder

Jul 3

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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

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Far

Jul 1

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Iron wheel on farm equipment, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


How far we have come
from the land of stones and thorns—
how far yet to go!

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Haiku Horizons: “Thorn”
 
More Carpe Diem: “Adjei Agyei Baah’s ‘Stones'”

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Bouquet

Jun 28

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A tile mosaic in the courtyard at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


in a crimson vase
a bouquet of wildflowers
still holding their leaves

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Leaves”

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Summer

May 31

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One of the gardens at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


rancho garden stew—
summer’s earthy fragrances
simmer in the pot

 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Addled

May 30

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Forgotten garden gloves, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


addled gardener
dropping her gloves in the path
as the wild goose calls
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
gloves—no hands to fill them
 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘To Hear the Wild Goose'”

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Accent

May 8

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Old adobe ranch house, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


the ranch house garden—
only a few white blossoms
to accent the red
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
A rain of blossoms brings joy.
 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘White Blossoms'”

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Life

Apr 18

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Iron wheel on farm equipment, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
 


a moment
of divinity
in one’s self
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Life keeps rolling on and on.
 
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More Carpe Diem: “God Realization”

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