Category Archives: Phoenix
Secrets
A young visitor seems to communicate with pigeons near the koi pond, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
pigeon whisperer—
the secrets he can murmur
only to his friends
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
Flick
Three friends at the koi pond, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
a flick of her wrist
to try to attract the koi—
everything changes
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
Wave
Three friends at the koi pond, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
a wave of her hand
to frighten away the koi—
everything changes
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Horizons: “Wave”
Peony
Teahouse, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
in fragile white cups
hidden within the teahouse—
peony blossoms
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Festive
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
In festive garments
they tell again the old tales
at the woodland shrine.
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Tell”
More Carpe Diem: “Inuyama Festival”
Pine
Pine tree, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
Where in the new year
will I find a resting place—
beneath an old pine?
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
In my thoughtless state
not even new year’s prospects
can enlarge my soul.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
too much alcohol
ushering in the new year—
my woozy footsteps
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
to the left and right
as the new year approaches
uptight suspicions
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “New Year”
More Three Word Wednesday: “Thoughtless, Uptight, Woozy”
Pierced
Pine tree, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
hidden from all eyes
one snowflake pierced by needles
of the ancient pine
~~ ~~ ~~
Imagine snow nestling among the needles.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Six-Word Saturday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “First Snow”
Mist
Waterfall, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
Into the pocket
of the shirt I did not wash
crawls waterfall mist.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Waterfall”
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Flirting
Feeding koi, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
in the garden pond
a thousand golden fishes
flirting with the sun
~~ ~~ ~~
splashed across page one
of this morning’s newspaper—
goldfish invasion
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Wednesday Waters #16
More Carpe Diem: “Goldfish”
More A Prompt Each Day: “Newspaper”
Bridging
A footbridge, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
bridging the morning
with broken bits of moonbeam
splinters of the sun
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Wednesday Waters #16
More Carpe Diem: “Basho’s ‘Bridge of Morning'”
