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Six for Sunday
Two blue butterflies
anoint my garden with peace—
sunny afternoon.
tender stalks of corn
pushing toward the morning sun—
feast for hungry crows
The longer I sing,
the more this daunting mountain
dwindles to a speck.
I slide on wet leaves
and my pathway disappears—
autumn’s first mishap.
On a moonless night
I sink down before the stars,
wounded by their light.
November evening—
a dove returns to her nest,
cooing one last song.
Haiku © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Shirt
Every Sunday for forty years, my father
would choose the same blue shirt
to wear to church.
The cloth faded and grew thin
and some of the buttons
went missing.
(You’d think he had no money.)
Almost as an afterthought
he’d put on a tattered tie, then walk
two blocks to the Methodist Church.
Easing his bony frame down
onto the unpadded wood pew,
he’d wink and say, “I’m sure the Lord doesn’t care
what I look like, but only that I’ve come—
and here I am.”
Now, six weeks after his funeral,
I hug his empty blue shirt
and long to hear him say once more,
“Here I am.”
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
NOTE: This poem is almost entirely the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to my own life are purely coincidental.
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More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Money”
NOTE: This poem is almost entirely the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to my own life are purely coincidental.
More Sunday’s Whirligig #151
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Money”
Playing
An artist’s rendering of a street scene after the catastrophic 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The painting hangs in a church in Southern Arizona.
playing in the street
even after the earth shifts—
a boy in blue shoes
Puzzle
Yuma East Wetlands, Yuma, Arizona
near the blue lagoon
a puzzle in the grasses—
receding footprints
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Teatime
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Behind the blue door
two friends sip tea together—
the tinkling of spoons.
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Stone
Someone left a stone at Roxaboxen Park, Yuma, Arizona. (Read why people leave stones at Roxaboxen.)
Left for passersby to see,
This wee stone delighted me.
When I saw its shade of blue,
I thought right away of you
And the way the summer skies
Show themselves in your bright eyes.
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Pallet
Blue-painted edge of a pallet at a construction site, Southern Arizona
An old wooden pallet
With peeling blue paint—
A quirky attraction
For sinner and saint.
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Organic Riffs
~~ 1 ~~
organic cherries—
red and ripe and luscious
in a blue-green bowl
~~ 2 ~~
our midsummer’s feast—
dining on organic figs
and wedges of cheese
~~ 3 ~~
organic apples—
whining about the bruises
that soften their flesh
~~ 4 ~~
organic silence—
good news for the old poet
scribbling at midnight
~~ 5 ~~
ripe organic plums—
ants come from three miles away
for the summer feast
~~ 6 ~~
my shoes coming loose—
organic cotton laces
crumbling into dust
~~ 7 ~~
for ripe fruit she pants—
bunches of fat purple grapes
organic, luscious
© 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Midweek Motif at Poet’s United: “Organic”
Stone
Stone of remembrance, Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
Stone of remembrance
Painted in blue,
Placed near a tombstone:
“We still love you.”
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Roses
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
Their children left blue roses
On their dusty grave
As a sign of gratitude
For the love they gave.
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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