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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Windblown
Shadows surround a windblown plastic flower from a grave in Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona.
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Picnic
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona.
Party-crashing ants
help themselves to chips and cake
at our picnic lunch.
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We fixed ourselves a picnic, we munched among the dead,
For it was in the graveyard that our feast was spread.
The ants came uninvited and helped themselves to cake;
Now we see that picnicking was a huge mistake!
Poems and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Macro Monday 2: Scarecrow
Whimsical decoration on a grave, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona.
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Solitude
The solitude of St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, St. Johns, Arizona is a soldier’s final resting place.
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Blue Monday: Cross
An “old rugged cross,” Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Arizona.
Although the cross is rugged
And the grave is sere,
I come to visit often,
For my beloved’s here.
It’s not a chore to visit
Even when it’s hot,
For my beloved greets me
From his little plot.
Poem and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Unpacking the Caskets
someone unpacked the caskets
at the cemetery
and laid the bodies face-up
on the lawn
where they now lie
as though they were sleeping
tomorrow the gardeners
who know the ropes
will be mowing around the bodies
and then they will desert them
for a body should not be
out of its box
these are the rules
nothing has changed
from the beginning
when people first buried their dead
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #158
More Poetry Pantry #400 at Poets United
More Sunday’s Whirligig #158
More Poetry Pantry #400 at Poets United
Blue Monday: Cemetery Flowers
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
The cemetery flowers
Are blue as blue can be,
Left by a son or daughter
In loving memory.
The brilliant desert sunshine,
Will fade the blue to grey,
And then the son or daughter
Will bring a new display.
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Bouquet
Silk flowers blown by the wind from a small desert cemetery, Southern Arizona
After one fierce gust,
a bouquet of silk flowers
rests against the fence.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
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Poinsettias
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
close to her tombstone
fresh pot of poinsettias—
someone remembers
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Quiet
Weathered and faded headstone decorations at twilight, Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
even the ravens
quiet their clattering tongues—
women in mourning
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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