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Playing her part
Sunset, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
She quiets her mind and opens her arms,
Embracing the ocean and stars;
Even the planets draw near as she breathes
And blesses both Venus and Mars.
Yoga sustains her day in and day out,
A peace settles over her soul;
She’s playing her part, although it is small,
Her part in the glorious whole.
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Gifts
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
gifts from the ocean
strewn along a sandy beach
free for the taking
Haiku © 2017 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Sand
Puerto Nuevo, a fishing village south of Tijuana in Baja California Norte, México
Little grains of beach sand
Scattered on the street;
Little grains of beach sand—
Watch your tender feet!
There among the cobbles
Lie the prickly grains,
Guaranteed to give you
Aches and bitter pains!
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Mirror
Reflected street scene, Los Algodones, Baja California Norte, México
A window is a mirror
Reflecting what I see;
Perhaps a car or shadow
Appears just right to me.
Or maybe I am hoping
That what I see is true;
Is the sky, for instance, pink,
Or is it really blue?
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Summoned
Bits and pieces on a beach, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
riches from the sea
summoned by a shaman’s tongue—
words of salt and fire
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Welcoming
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
with arms open wide
she welcomes the evening waves
as they roll to shore
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Notes
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
soulful music—
even the beached dory
hits the right notes
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Refugee
Fishing boat, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, Mexico
refugee mother
huddling beneath the blue boat
nurses her baby
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Beach
Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Yosa Buson’s haiku about a broom and a beach inspires me to write a new haiku:
The short night—
a broom thrown away
on the beach.
~~ ~~ ~~
a tree for her broom
old woman sweeping the beach
just before nightfall
~~ ~~ ~~
Imagine a broom tidying the beach.
Haiku in bold © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Summoned
Castoffs from the sea, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
riches from the sea
summoned by an eagle’s cry—
tongue of salt and fire
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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