Category Archives: Midweek Motif
Fly
Mountains dominate portions of the Sonoran Desert in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Fly on the mountain,
even from such a distance,
you disturb my peace!
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Three Poems for the Old Year
Eat some beef and throw a stone,
Carry hay and gnaw a bone;
Something good will soon appear—
This year’s almost up, my dear!
Pipers pipe and dancers dance,
Horses horse and prancers prance;
Sensors sense that all is clear
For the ending of the year.
Wrapped in paper pears turn ripe;
Whiskey’s in the water pipe,
Running cold and fast and free—
Will you toast the year with me?
Poems © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “The Year’s End”
Moment
A tree with no leaves stands at the edge of Willow Lake, Prescott, Arizona.
At any moment
a dove may settle to rest
in the leafless tree.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Moment”
Changes
On a wintry day in the Sonoran Desert, storm clouds form in the east.
Winter afternoon—
one dove falling from the clouds
changes everything.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Changes”
Blue Monday: Abandoned Motel
Graffiti defaces an abandoned motel north of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Graffiti mars the old hotel,
It’s feeling rather blue.
Is there some way to cheer it up?
I don’t know, do you?
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deepening autumn—
the longing of broken things
to be whole again
Rhyming poem, haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Awakening
When spring comes again, brilliant blossoms will open at Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
I dream of blossoms
awakening in springtime—
now a chill wind blows.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Watching
Snow will probably never fall on this Phoenix, Arizona yard.
Watching for winter—
how great my disappointment
when I see no snow!
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Authenticity
Colorful aspen trees brighten a hillside in California’s Inyo National Forest.
Authenticity:
the aspens do not pretend
to be oaks or pines.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Whispering
Lockett Meadow Campground, Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Among the aspens
a whispering of voices—
I am not alone.
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Scars
Trash scars the face of Mother Earth in Yuma County, Arizona.
Mother of us all,
can you ever forgive us
for our careless ways?
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Exploring Forgiveness”
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