Poetry Train & Haiku Bones: Gasping

 

grass gasping in wash
waiting for blessing of dew—
this evening, perhaps…
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Poetry Train: Desolate Pasture

 

Desolate pasture,
no cattle grazing—windmill
stands silent and still.
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Haiku Bones & Poetry Train: Domain

 

blue-glass hummingbirds—
they need no nest or nectar—
wind is their domain
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo (click to enlarge): IOOF Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona.
 
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Haiku Bones & Poetry Train: Umbrella

 

waiting for night rain
or an afternoon shower—
the blue umbrella
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: “Straw Hat, Carpetbag and Umbrella,” by John Frederick Peto, ca. 1890, taken at Seattle Art Museum.
 
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Monday Poetry Train: Rejoicing

 

Tiny green voices
raised in raucous rejoicing!
(Some sniff, “They’re just weeds.”)
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Poetry Train: Cherry Blossoms

 

When the wise ones come
to waken cherry blossoms,
welcome them with song.
 
© 2010 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo taken at Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens, Seattle.
 
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