Category Archives: Zapopan
Stories

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
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Light

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
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Gecko

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
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Askew

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
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Mary of the Tombs

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

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
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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
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Crowded

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
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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
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Remembering

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
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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
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Aching
shackled by shadows,
playground puddles aching to
deepen into seas
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Neighborhood park, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
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playground puddles aching to
deepen into seas
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Neighborhood park, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
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Poinsettias
Red poinsettias,
incandescent yellow wall—
fiery impressions!
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: A front yard in Zapopan, Jalisco, México
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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
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