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Lamp
View of the Cathedral, Zacatecas, México
the jade-seller’s lamp
still burning long past midnight
blotting out the moon
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Always somewhere a lamp is burning.
Text © 2015 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Patting
Baptismal font at a seldom-used chapel, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Out of the washbowl
I scoop up
my distorted face
patting out all the wrinkles
with a soft yellow towel
*Opening gambit by Sumitaku Kenshin
Final two lines and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Name
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
no sign of tears
to prove your name
weeping willow
perhaps the wind has dried them
or a hundred days of sun
*Opening gambit © by Adjei Agyei-Baah
Final two lines © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Web
Spider, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
after my walk:
a perfect spider web
stuck to my glasses
how magical the world looks
through a thousand silken strands
*Opening gambit © by Lee Gurga
Final two lines © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rusty
Rusty can, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
warm rain
the spring moon returns
to the rusty can
curling into a ball
the size of a kitten
*Opening gambit © by Yu Chang
Final two lines and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Writing
Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
from a treetop
emptiness dropped down
in a cicada shell
writing a rich new story
in the pond beneath the pine
*Opening gambit © by Basho, translated by Jane Reichhold
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Bones
Discarded catfish carcass, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
howling wind—
an autumn note within
the bamboo flute
even catfish bones
quiver at the sound
*Opening gambit © by Kala Ramesh
Final two lines and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Bare Branches
Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
docile calico kitten
padding along behind us
~~ ~~ ~~
Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
inflicting on each other
our foxy little hearts
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Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.
a whimper from the graveyard
making us tighten our grip
*Opening gambit (“Bare branches touch,” etc.) © by Jackie Le Poidevin
Final two lines of each set © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Cap
Snow-capped stump, northern New Mexico
borrowing sleep
from the scarecrow’s sleeves
midnight frost
weaves a jaunty new snow cap
for the New Year’s festival
*Opening gambit © by Basho, translated by Jane Reichhold
Final two lines and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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stump sporting a jaunty snow cap
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Foxes
New Year’s Eve 2012 fireworks, Dublin, Ireland
against the dark sky
colorful flowers and suns—
another festival
somewhere foxes are waiting
to lap up the fireworks ash
*Opening gambit © by Chèvrefeuille
Final two lines and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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