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Coming Up for Air
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on my homeward way—
sunset pulsing vermilion
atop the mountains
~~ 2 ~~
A talkative guest—
powerless to quiet her,
I gulp my brandy.
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graveyard at twilight
children rolling in the grass
near grandma’s headstone
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up and down the field
a farmer and her husband
sowing dust from stars
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into a furrow
dropping corn seeds at daybreak—
glint in the crow’s eye
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toad in the bean row—
the way it moves at twilight
toward a hapless fly
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a forgotten name
surfacing like a turtle
coming up for air
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on a moonless night
burrowing into her box
the homeless woman
~~ 9 ~~
white eagle feather
floating earthward from a nest
hung where cliff meets sky
~~ 10 ~~
for the mongrel dog
a rub behind both his ears
then a tummy pat
~~ 11 ~~
timeless afternoon
hitchhiker by the highway
waiting for a ride
Poems © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Parched
Cholla cactus, White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona
parched and barren land
longing for misty showers
to settle the dust
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Carpe Diem: “Misty Showers”
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Dust
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
among the tombstones
seeking immortality—
dust clings to my feet
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Immortality”
Praying
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
praying for raindrops
to settle the graveyard dust
before night descends
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Raindrops”
Dust
Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
wilderness grasses
waiting for the winter rains—
a dust cloud ripens
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “Winter Grasses”
Helpful
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
in a desert land
dust whirling round the tombstones
morning, noon and night—
how helpful to remember
the same end awaits us all
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Carpe Diem: “Helpful”
More The Art of Remembering at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Crumbling
One of many ancient ruins, Wupatki National Monument, Northern Arizona
Open to the sky
sandstone walls crack and crumble,
doors turn into dust.
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku Horizons: “Open”
Within the Temple
within the temple
welcoming the feast of light—
three gaunt souls at dawn
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within the temple
bones of old saints decompose
crumbling to dust
~~ ~~ ~~
Within the temple
vile things gather to gibber
at the Holy One.
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Three Word Wednesday: “Gaunt, Decompose, Vile”
Dew
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Dew from the mountain
does not dampen desert dust—
still the white bird sings.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku Heights: “Dew”
Dust and Dreams
Dawn, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
In savage places
grow lush and fragrant gardens
made of dust and dreams.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem: “Beautiful Dreams”
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