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When I Forgot My Morning Smile
When I forgot my morning smile, the fish reminded me
That every river wants to rush headlong into the sea.
When blackbirds carried messages beyond the barnyard fence,
Five famous people came to see—they paid but seven pence.
If shuffling gets me to my goal, I’ll shuffle day and night,
But barefoot I will have to go—my boots are much too tight!
Remember on the day I die: No wailing is allowed!
Now promise me that buttonholes will decorate my shroud.
Poem © 2021 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Macro Monday 2: Knothole
Knothole on a fence post, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona.
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Macro Monday 2: Ornament
Part of a fence ornament, Colfax, Washington
Photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Even
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona
Even the blackbird
pauses at the graveyard fence
before moving on.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #381 at Poets United
More Twelve Days of Mary at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Silence
Fence post, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Afternoon silence
settles into a knothole
on a weathered post.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Macro Monday 2
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Silence”
Storm
Apache County, Northern Arizona
summer storm brewing—
a tumbleweed skeleton
quivers in the wind
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Stumbling
Fence at dusk, Temecula, California
stumbling home at dusk—
perhaps along the fence line
a sunflower blooms
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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
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More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
Breach
Apache County, Northern Arizona
walking the fence line
with clouds my sole companions—
a breach in the sky
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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