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The palms,
filled with songbirds,
bow low to the earth.
Butterflies ravage
the carcass of a fox.
A farmer,
dazzled by his tomatoes,
flows in and out
of the here and now,
munching something
hallucinogenic.
The end is near,
and all the players know it.
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Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #127
More Poetry Pantry #369 at Poets United
More Sunday’s Whirligig #127
More Poetry Pantry #369 at Poets United
Blossoms
Showers of blossoms on a palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
first golden blossoms
enriching the wilderness—
one saint bows her head
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Saint”
First Days
~~ 1 ~~
first days of the year—
something that the neighbor heard
still troubling her dreams
~~ 2 ~~
first days of the year—
weaving infidelity
into her life’s tale
~~ 3 ~~
first days of the year—
a hidden greenness rising
in the oak branches
~~ 4 ~~
first day of the year—
for her missing firstborn son
unstoppable tears
~~ 5 ~~
first day of the year—
wounded bird on the sidewalk
lifting its left wing
~~ 6 ~~
first days of the year—
in the even-numbered hours,
not the odd, a song
~~ 7 ~~
first days of the year—
remembering mosquitoes
and her bitten hands
~~ 8 ~~
first days of the year—
picking at the bullet wound
from six weeks ago
~~ 9 ~~
first days of the year—
playing more digital games
to forget her pain
~~ 10 ~~
first day of the year—
a bow to the fat snowflakes
settling on my sleeve
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #285
More Sunday’s Whirligig #41
Bow
A dead palo verde tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
palo verde tree
bent in the shape of a bow—
arrow loosed at dawn
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Bow”
Worship
Globe Mallow seedhead at twilight, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
wilderness at dawn
no one bowing in worship
before the ripe seeds
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Worship”
More Haiku Horizons: “Dawn”
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
More Macro Monday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Worship”
More Haiku Horizons: “Dawn”
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
Gracefully
Ironwood tree Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the soul drenched in love
seeks nothing, gives everything
finds Buddha within*
even the desert dancers
bow gracefully to the earth
*5-7-5 by Atreyee @ Zebra Crossing
Final two lines © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem Tan Renga: “The Soul Drenched in Love”
