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Riddle
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
The shadows are long, the cross is askew;
What Death has accomplished, who can undo?
A riddle, I think, whose answer is right:
Forsaking all darkness, look to the Light.
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #295
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Plotlines
Midwinter sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Each breath-of-a-poem begins with a phrase purloined from A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes.
~~ 1 ~~
on a yellow plate
a stack of toast tall enough
to touch the full moon
~~ 2 ~~
Against a stone wall
the notes from a temple bell
cling like morning mist.
~~ 3 ~~
adorned with flowers—
some scarlet, some lavender—
his daughter’s casket
~~ 4 ~~
a tall limestone cross—
seven dead chrysanthemums
scattered at its base
~~ 5 ~~
a few splats of rain
and her daydream is ruined—
midsummer morning
~~ 6 ~~
searching for a house
where three children play jump-rope
till the supper call
~~ 7 ~~
Under an awning
the desperate lovers touch
and kiss each other.
~~ 8 ~~
plotting the places
where she might run from his threats—
not enough to count
~~ 9 ~~
The man who sells forks
hides them from a group on tour—
his suspicious eyes.
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 240
Toppled
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
a thousand windstorms
finally toppling the cross—
neglected graveyard
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Garden
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
autumn leaves entwined
round a memorial cross—
this garden of grief
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Neglected
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
A thousand windstorms
have toppled the dead man’s cross—
neglected graveyard.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Inspired by Richard Wright”
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