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Colorless
An abandoned car rusts in Ajo, Arizona
Perhaps
Rugged mountains near Ajo, Arizona
Perhaps a blackbird
will swoop down from the mountain,
perhaps the full moon.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Dreamers
Detail from a mosaic on a community wall, Ajo, Arizona
Through the wilderness
a family of dreamers
hastens hand in hand.
Haiku © 2018 and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Mary
A statue of the Virgin Mary, Ajo, Arizona
Mary, are you feeling blue?
Are you feeling weary?
All the beggars come to you,
And their eyes are bleary.
Seeking favors from your hand,
They clamor and they shout.
Is it more than you can stand
To have them round about?
But your ways are not our ways,
Your hands are filled with grace,
Which you pour out on the strays
Of our ungrateful race.
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Cup
A mosaic depicting La Virgen de Guadalupe, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona
To a quiet place
I come with my empty cup,
but who will fill it?
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Wise Woman
Mural in Artists Alley, Ajo, Arizona
A wise woman watched from the wall
To see who would stumble and fall.
She offered them truth,
But no one, forsooth,
Accepted her offer at all.
Limerick and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #378 at Poets United
Peace
Evening descends on mountains near Ajo, Arizona.
Crow on the mountain,
must you shatter evening’s peace
with your wagging tongue?
Photo and haiku © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Rocket Ship
Mural in Artists Alley, Ajo, Arizona
My rocket ship is blasting off—
Won’t you come with me?
We’ll sail a million miles or more
Through a starry sea,
Where deep within the Milky Way
Weird fish blink and gleam,
And fishers tell the strangest tales
As they wait and dream.
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Crow
Ajo, Arizona
Summer afternoon—
a crow in the tallest palm
jeers at passersby.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Refuge
A pile of stones near Ajo, Arizona
summer afternoon—
some stones provide a refuge
for frightened lizards
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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