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Women in the Photograph
I.
Women in the photograph
Do not smile and do not laugh.
“Bones,” they croak, “are fine when brown.
Can we buy some in your town?”
II.
Skin of language, weight of air,
Ravens weaving patterns there
In the presence of your friends—
See the way the sunlight bends?
Poem © by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #207
More Poetry Pantry #445 at Poets United
My friends leave the room
My friends leave the room,
taking daylight with them,
along with the moon and stars.
The onset of an illness makes me
morbid, not dangerous.
In my trance-like state,
I care for nothing.
What led me away from
wisdom’s eight strong pillars?
Will giving you the symptoms
of my illness point me to a cure?
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
NOTE: This poem is almost entirely the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to my own life are purely coincidental.
More Sunday’s Whirligig #154
More Poetry Pantry #396 at Poets United
NOTE: This poem is almost entirely the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to my own life are purely coincidental.
More Sunday’s Whirligig #154
More Poetry Pantry #396 at Poets United
Handshake
The year’s first handshake—
two old friends greet each other
on a busy street.
Haiku © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Poetry About the Body”
Secrets
A young visitor seems to communicate with pigeons near the koi pond, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
pigeon whisperer—
the secrets he can murmur
only to his friends
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Carpe Diem’s Summer Retreat 2016: “One with Nature”
Teatime
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Behind the blue door
two friends sip tea together—
the tinkling of spoons.
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Haiku Horizons: “Friend”
Madness
Winter afternoon shadows settle near an ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
waiting for some friends
near a tree that has no leaves—
midwinter madness
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #46
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
News
Waiting for the Village Jazz Series to begin, Yuma, Arizona
on a bench three friends
discussing the evening news—
thermometer falls
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Stroll
November afternoon shadows, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
leaving friends behind
to stroll alone through shadows
and wait for the moon
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Friends
Two old friends enjoying the Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
two old friends
waiting for a thunderclap—
studied nonchalance
~~ ~~ ~~
short on time
best friends forever
seize the day
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Haiku Horizons: “Short”
More Carpe Diem: “Kala Ramesh’s ‘Thunderclap'”
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