Category Archives: Richard Wright
Morning
September sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
An autumn morning—
even the crows fall silent
at the sun’s rising.
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Lost
A callejon (alleyway) in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Richard Wright’s haiku about being in a strange town is a familiar experience, and inspires me to write a new haiku:
I have lost my way
In a strange town at night—
A sky of old cold stars.
~~ ~~ ~~
A strange town at dawn—
if I take these cobbled steps,
will I find my way?
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blooming
Fanciful mural on a house, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Richard Wright’s haiku about spring inspires me to write a new haiku about summer:
Spring begins shyly
With one hairpin of green grass
In a flower pot.
~~ ~~ ~~
Summer opens wide
with fragrant lilies blooming
in a painted pot.
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rainless
Old wooden door, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Whenever I travel to Mexico, I look for interesting doors, so Richard Wright’s haiku speaks to me:
Quickly vanishing,
The first drops of summer rain
On an old wood door.
~~ ~~ ~~
on an old wood door
the sorrows of rainless days
brushed in shades of blue
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Fishing
Lone sunflower, Northern Arizona
Although I don’t fish, I do love sunflowers, and so I am charmed by Richard Wright’s haiku:
Like a fishhook,
The sunflower’s long shadow
Hovers in the lake.
~~ ~~ ~~
In a sea of weeds
a lone sunflower fishes
for its lost shadow.
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Neglected
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
A thousand windstorms
have toppled the dead man’s cross—
neglected graveyard.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blossoms
Our Lady of LaVang, El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico
Shrugging off the snow,
a Lady coaxes blossoms
from her hands and feet.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Keeping
Chapel of Santo Niño de Atocha, Chimayo, New Mexico
Their watching faces
keeping every stranger safe—
Holy Family.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Walking
walking autumn roads—
compact clumps of blooming gorse
heavy with cold rain
~~ ~~ ~~
walking autumn roads
how jubilant the pilgrim
keeping time with crows
~~ ~~ ~~
walking autumn roads
rife with neglected potholes
farmer homeward bound
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shoe Tree
Tree hung with shoes near the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
For the roadside tree
bereft of leaf and blossom,
spring can’t come too soon.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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