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To Flatten the Curve
To flatten the curve, don’t go anywhere—
Not the hills or the plains; get used to long hair.
Maybe you’ll tango, and maybe you won’t,
But when nighttime comes, don’t go out, just don’t.
Tell your young nephew: “I want to stay here;
It’s safer that way, you know it is, dear.
This won’t last forever, though now it seems black;
But here’s where we are, dear, there’s no turning back.
Let’s brush off our tears, child; now give me your hand—
We’ll pray that this Covid will flee from our land.”
Poem © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #278
More Writers’ Pantry #32 at Poets and Storytellers United
Commitment
Wedding at Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
their marital bliss
painted with commitment’s brush
outlasting the stones
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Commitment”
Skein
A watercolor by Havre, Montana artist Mary Nault, painted at an outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
from the artist’s brush
a skein of golden blossoms
brighter than the sun
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Hiding
Havre, Montana artist Mary Nault working on a watercolor at an outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
peony bouquet
still hiding in the bristles
of the artist’s brush
~~ ~~ ~~
From an artist’s brush, great surprises!
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Six-Word Saturday
More Carpe Diem: “Peony”
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Artist”
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Little Things
~~ 1 ~~
cracking one more tooth
on a piece of hard candy—
her bittersweet tale
~~ 2 ~~
breaking the last plate
in her mother’s collection
to vent her anger
~~ 3 ~~
selecting a brush
one with a broken handle
for her self-portrait
~~ 4 ~~
weight of her secret
driving her down to her knees
in utter despair
~~ 5 ~~
elegant mirror
studded with pearls and rubies—
spider web of cracks
~~ 6 ~~
at the kitchen sink
humming little hymns of praise
for each daily chore
~~ 7 ~~
(Still thinking about how to ravish you!)
~~ 8 ~~
orange marmalade—
licking the last sticky bit
from the silver knife
~~ 9 ~~
the sigh of the spoon
stirring the seventeenth batch
of pancake batter
~~ 10 ~~
stop-and-go traffic
wearing out my Chevy’s brakes
one foot at a time
~~ 11 ~~
fresh load of cement
churning on the truck chugging
toward the building site
~~ 12 ~~
after the frog jumps
another page of haiku
in Basho’s manner
© 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #247
More Sunday’s Whirligig #2
Staggering
A watercolor in progress by Montana artist Mary Nault at a recent outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
blooming from her brush
first flowers of the season
staggering with light
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “First Flowers”
Brush
Havre, Montana artist Mary Nault painting at an outdoor event in Yuma, Arizona
watercolor brush—
in each bristle a plum tree
laden with ripe fruit
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Carpe Diem: “Brush”
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
Vineyard
Wine grapes ripening, Temecula Valley Wine Country, Southern California
a vineyard at dawn
someone with a brush of light
painting the fragrance
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Vineyard”
More Haiku Horizons: “Dawn”
Bending
Unicorn Plant (Proboscidea althaeifolia), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
these wayside flowers
bending toward a shadowed stone—
Cassatt dips her brush
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More I Heart Macro at Shine the Divine
More Carpe Diem: “Inspired by a Photograph”
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