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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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Sep 3

Posted by magicalmysticalteacher

A palm tree near the duck pond, Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona

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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