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Mother
Fábrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
how a wise mother
weaves her children’s tomorrows
using threads of chance
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More September Heights 2013: “Mother”
Disjointed Bits and Pieces
The first line of each bit or piece comes from “Poem for Christian, My Student,” by Gail Mazur.
~~ 1 ~~
Tiny persimmon,
you come to me unbidden,
soft and ripe and sweet.
~~ 2 ~~
If he wakes at all,
there may be no one waiting,
save for weary ghosts.
~~ 3 ~~
His second language
was learned from a swarm of gnats
that tormented him.
~~ 4 ~~
An elderly friend
has come with me to worship—
we spill out our songs.
~~ 5 ~~
Of my early years
I recall only patches
of darkness and light.
~~ 6 ~~
desperate slumber
here on this exact hillside
thirty years ago
~~ 7 ~~
in a life on hold—
sharp and dangerous edges
for the unaware
~~ 8 ~~
Research in the stacks—
where will we find old Tagore
and his brilliant tales?
~~ 9 ~~
volumes of Tagore
gathered from the dusty stacks
tales of light and grace
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 128
Flame
Bananas, Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
how one tongue of flame
licking at the hanging fruit
ripens into song
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Banana Plant”
Pillows
Painted Rock Petroglyph Site near Gila Bend, Arizona
pillows made of stone
cradling every weary head
on the pilgrim way
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More September Heights 2013: “Pillow”
Palette
salmon, blue and gold—
a summer sunset’s palette
in the wilderness
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Salmon”
More September Heights 2013: “Gold”
Rusting
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Undulating
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
underneath a fence
the undulating grasses
crying out for rain
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Friday’s Fences
More Carpe Diem: “Southard’s ‘Undulates'”
Nuzzling
Tamarisk (salt cedar) blossoms, Temecula, California
salt cedar blossoms
nuzzling the sky with fragrance
first morning prayers
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More SkyWatch Friday
More Ein Stück Himmel
More September Heights 2013: “Salt”
Three Prayers
God of flock and field,
may things earthy, sweet and strong
flourish on my farm.
~~ ~~ ~~
God of the kitchen,
may nothing grotesque emerge
from my pots and pans.
~~ ~~ ~~
God of stone and star,
how can I be nonchalant
when you stare at me?
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Three Word Wednesday: “Earthy, Grotesque, Nonchalant”
Geese
in the old man’s den
a painting of a white goose
forced to eat cracked corn
~~ ~~ ~~
September morning
goose avoids the fox’s den—
one more day to live
~~ ~~ ~~
in the goose’s dream
a den of thieving ganders
divvying the spoils
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Goose”
More September Heights 2013: “Den”
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