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Brilliant
Another brilliant day in the Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Uncaging
Painting at Fábrica La Aurora San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
old mariachis
their faces creased with music
uncaging the night
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Caged Soul”
old mariachis
their faces creased with music
uncaging the night
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Caged Soul”
Threat
Another sizzling day begins, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
first day of autumn—
an equatorial threat
knifing through the trees
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Equator”
Equinox
Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
season by season
wilderness spirits retrace
the ancient pathways
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Equinox”
Empty
Mercado San Juan, Morelia, Michoacán, México
Looking for a basket,
I found one just for me,
A little white and blue one
As pretty as could be.
But when I went to buy it,
Someone called my name,
So I left the marketplace
As empty as I came.
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Poetry Pantry #321
Whimsies
Dry grasses, Northern Arizona
~~ 1 ~~
Abundant whimsy
fills the Delhi beggar’s face,
emptying her bowl.
~~ 2 ~~
at his steely core
nothing but admiration
for the brutal ones
~~ 3 ~~
a badass dolphin
out to impress the ladies—
they all swim away
~~ 4 ~~
a murderous whale—
the one that took down Ahab
still roaming the seas
~~ 5 ~~
the prairie’s expanse
constricted by last night’s rain
into a puddle
~~ 6 ~~
only a concept—
the sound of a tree crashing
when no one’s around
~~ 7 ~~
learning how to spell
by scrawling lines with a stick—
children of the dunes
~~ 8 ~~
singing of small things
things that can’t even be seen
without microscopes
~~ 9 ~~
offering herself
to the wind and rain and sun—
maid for all seasons
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #320
More Sunday’s Whirligig #77
Somewhere
Autumn color, 2011, Oak Grove, San Diego County, California
A road to somewhere—
might it lead to paradise
and a feast of thanks?
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Appreciation”
Crumbs
Saguaro cactus, White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona
~~ 1 ~~
filling my left hand
with seven sticks of incense—
hush of curling smoke
~~ 2 ~~
how endless crying
leads to an unstable bridge
that no one can cross
~~ 3 ~~
It is good sometimes
to be the link that’s missing
or an untold tale.
~~ 4 ~~
Cheese and bread and wine—
we lift them from the hamper,
pigeons eye the crumbs.
~~ 5 ~~
sipping orange juice
along with their chocolate cake—
the birthday children
~~ 6 ~~
ending of summer—
even the geese are weary
of halcyon days
~~ 7 ~~
a jagged old fence
snagging wind and rain and clouds—
I slip through the strands
~~ 8 ~~
We could live like this—
in the middle of nowhere
with bears for neighbors.
~~ 9 ~~
old Kansas farmer
rubbing thumb and forefinger
against misfortune
~~ 10 ~~
some alphabet soup
sipped from my grandmother’s cup—
autumn abundance
~~ 11 ~~
showing her brother
the proper way to plant seeds
without wasting one
~~ 12 ~~
ten thousand apples
ripening in the orchard—
wealth before first frost
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #319
More Sunday’s Whirligig #76
Backyard
San Juan County, New Mexico
in my friend’s backyard
no purple blooms or gold ones
reaching toward the sky
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Blooms”
Blooms
View of Zacatecas, México from Cerro de la Bufa
blooms of bright crimson
high above the city streets—
hummingbird heaven
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Blooms”
