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Blue Monday: Shoe
Lost shoe, somewhere in California
A runner slipped out of her shoe—
A pity, because it is blue.
Her foot is now bare,
She’s nothing to wear
Until she buys footwear anew.
Photo and limerick © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #366 at Poets United
Freedom
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California
“Freedom isn’t free,” they said,
“You have to pay a price.”
Then they sent us off to war,
Fighting nits and lice,
Fighting other people too,
Who bleed like you and me.
“Did I have to die,” I ask,
“Just so you’d be free?”
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Independence”
Drink
November morning glory, Riverside County, California
on my daybreak walk
a drink of wayside color—
these morning glories
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku Horizons: “Drink”
Welcome
At the front door of a California house…
A leisurely welcome to all visitors…
Text and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Six-Word Saturday
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Bunny
Section of a floor mat in a church nursery
Bunny on the floor mat,
Tell me where you’ll go.
Will you hop at daybreak
Off to Mexico?
Or will California
Lure you with its name?
Bunny on the floor mat,
Aren’t you glad I came?
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
Endless
Southern California
endless months of drought
the fortitude of pine trees
blackbird’s plaintive song
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Footbridge
Footbridge, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
a scrap of paper—
scribbling some words as she walks
across the footbridge
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Paper”
Refuge
Old adobe building, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
her house of refuge
in the shadows of the oak—
seven prayers a day
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Indissoluble
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
for one afternoon
marriage of light and shadow
indissoluble
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Marriage”
Harbor
Harbor, Long Beach, California
shelter from the squalls
that arise on open seas—
honey on the tongue
~~ ~~ ~~
Everyone needs shelter from life’s storms.
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Rough Sea”
