Category Archives: Zapopan

Stories

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An earthenware jar sits on a stone ledge in Zapopan, Mexico.
 


Thieving October,
how did you miss the stories
in the old clay pot?

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Weekly Scribblings #90 at Poets and Storytellers United

Light

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An earthenware jar sits on a stone ledge in Zapopan, Mexico.
 


Languid afternoon—
the light inside a clay jar
seeps to the surface.

 
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
  
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Light”

Gecko

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Ceramic gecko on a wall, Zapopan, Mexico
 


hot summer morning—
gecko scrabbling on the wall
disturbs the dog’s nap

 
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
More Blue Monday
 
More Macro Monday 2
 
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”

Askew

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Panteon Municipal, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
 


Even when Mary’s askew,
Imagine what she can do
For those whose lives are shaken,
And those who feel forsaken.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Ruby Tuesday Too
 
More Mornings with Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon

Mary of the Tombs

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Panteon Municipal (Municipal Cemetery), Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 


Mary of the Tombs,
who can clench their sorrowing,
nestled in your womb?

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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When Childhood Ends

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When our childhood ends,
to keep the others at bay,
we put on our masks.

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Ceremonial mask, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 
More Straight Out of the Camera Sunday
 
More Haiku Heights: “Childhood”
 
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More Macro Monday
 
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Crowded

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The tombs are crowded,
with space at a premium—
Mary doesn’t mind.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Panteon Municipal (Municipal Cemetery), Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 
More A-Virgin-a-Day photos and stories at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More Haiku Heights with the theme “Space” here
 
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
 
More Mellow Yellow Monday photos here
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
 
More Ruby Tuesday photos here

Remembering

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Language there is none
to tell my present sorrow—
how I miss your face!

 
 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Panteon Municipal, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 
More Dia de los Muertos: The Art of Remembering at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Language” here
 
More Sunday Scribblings with the theme “Present” here
 
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
 
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
 

Aching


 

shackled by shadows,
playground puddles aching to
deepen into seas

 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: Neighborhood park, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Shadow” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Shackles” here
 
More Watery Wednesday photos here
 
More Ruby Tuesday photos here

Poinsettias


 

Red poinsettias,
incandescent yellow wall—
fiery impressions!
 
 
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
Photo: A front yard in Zapopan, Jalisco, México
 
More Haiku Heights with the theme “Impression” here
 
More One Single Impression poems with the theme “Incandescent” here
 
More Stumbling Towards Ecstasy ruminations here
 
More Mellow Yellow Monday photos here
 
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