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Brown-eyed girl
Detail from a mural in Artists Alley, Ajo, Arizona
A penny for your thoughts,
brown-eyed girl.
Can anyone grow wise
thinking only of the stars?
When shadows nestle in your hair,
becoming bent and crooked—
is that how wisdom begins?
What about the young boy
who loops himself around
the boa constrictor
and survives to tell the tale?
Will you be like him?
Will you have a tale to tell?
How will you begin?
A penny (that’s enough)
for your thoughts,
brown-eyed girl.
Schoolboy
Sunflowers, southern Colorado
~~ 1 ~~
spreading jam thickly
on a slice of whole wheat bread—
ravenous schoolboy
~~ 2 ~~
pollen in the air
making the young schoolboy sneeze—
his homework scatters
~~ 3 ~~
A young schoolboy hops
froglike to biology
down the long hallway.
~~ 4 ~~
His former teacher
pats the schoolboy on his head
as though he’s her pet.
~~ 5 ~~
through summer-scorched weeds
schoolboys pushing their way home—
crooked is the path
~~ 6 ~~
Playground katydids—
schoolboys pay no attention
as they chase the girls.
~~ 7 ~~
Bored out of his gourd,
a schoolboy totes up reasons
for being outdoors.
~~ 8 ~~
The hottest schoolboy’s
unavailable right now,
having been grounded.
~~ 9 ~~
Little red capsules—
the schoolboy’s gulping them down
as fast as he can.
~~ 10 ~~
shoplifting schoolboy—
his teachers thought him honest
until his arrest
~~ 11 ~~
In this schoolboy’s life
someone needs to intervene
before it’s too late.
Poems © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More Sunday’s Whirligig #78
Winding
Sonoran Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona
Crooked little paths
winding through the wilderness—
which one should I take?
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Entangled
Palo verde trees, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
entangled
in crooked branches—
morning light
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Crooked
View of the Cathedral, Zacatecas, México
crooked little streets
with ten thousand lamps ablaze
punishing the night
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Carpe Diem: “Alexey Andreyev’s ‘Evening Sky'”
Prayer
Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Yuma, Arizona
From all crooked ways
that would lure me from the light,
keep my stumbling feet.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More September Heights 2013: “Crooked”
More Mornings with Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon
