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Mystic Signs
(NOTE: Nothing profound here. Just enjoy the sounds of the words as you read them aloud.)
Chocolate muffins linger on,
Tingling tongues until they’re gone.
Wasted apples clog the sink
Quicker than a rat can think.
Asked to whirl through vats of dye,
Pinwheels stop and wonder why.
“What’s in it for us?” they ask.
“What an idiotic task!”
Blueberry pie, tasty treat!
Reading tea leaves—oh how sweet!
Mystic signs of grit and grace—
Scrub your hands and wash your face!
Poem © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More The Whirligig #262
More Writers’ Pantry #16 at Poets and Storytellers United
Crumbs
Saguaro cactus, White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona
~~ 1 ~~
filling my left hand
with seven sticks of incense—
hush of curling smoke
~~ 2 ~~
how endless crying
leads to an unstable bridge
that no one can cross
~~ 3 ~~
It is good sometimes
to be the link that’s missing
or an untold tale.
~~ 4 ~~
Cheese and bread and wine—
we lift them from the hamper,
pigeons eye the crumbs.
~~ 5 ~~
sipping orange juice
along with their chocolate cake—
the birthday children
~~ 6 ~~
ending of summer—
even the geese are weary
of halcyon days
~~ 7 ~~
a jagged old fence
snagging wind and rain and clouds—
I slip through the strands
~~ 8 ~~
We could live like this—
in the middle of nowhere
with bears for neighbors.
~~ 9 ~~
old Kansas farmer
rubbing thumb and forefinger
against misfortune
~~ 10 ~~
some alphabet soup
sipped from my grandmother’s cup—
autumn abundance
~~ 11 ~~
showing her brother
the proper way to plant seeds
without wasting one
~~ 12 ~~
ten thousand apples
ripening in the orchard—
wealth before first frost
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Morsel
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
chocolate door
dark morsel melting
at sunrise
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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