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Breathless
“La Sagrada Familia,” artist unknown, Museo Zacatecano Zacatecas, México
skipping and prancing
he leaves his parents breathless—
holy child at play
Poem © 2016 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Parents”
Glow
Palo verde tree at sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Just after sunrise
an old palo verde tree
glows with holy light.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Inn
Sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
At a wayside inn
pilgrims in the wilderness
bathe in holy fire.
~~ ~~ ~~
Their ablutions done,
pilgrims in shining robes stand
a little taller.
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif: “Fire”
More Carpe Diem: “A Little Taller”
At a wayside inn
pilgrims in the wilderness
bathe in holy fire.
~~ ~~ ~~
Their ablutions done,
pilgrims in shining robes stand
a little taller.
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif: “Fire”
More Carpe Diem: “A Little Taller”
Mountaintop
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in bloom, April 2015, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
Mountaintop afire—
can no one quench the burning
of the holy flame?
~~ ~~ ~~
When mountains burn, panicked creatures flee.
Haiku in bold and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Six-Word Saturday
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Carpe Diem: “Wakakusa Yamayaki”
Majestic
Summer sunrise, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
how majestic
over sunrise mountain
this holy light
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “Hymn to the Aten”
Fire
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in bloom, April 2015, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
fire on the mountain—
perhaps a holy presence
making itself known
~~ ~~ ~~
mountain fire
holy the presence
burning bright
~~ ~~ ~~
among the flames
holiness
burning
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Our World Tuesday
More Haiku Horizons: “Fire”
More Carpe Diem: “Writing in 5-7-5; 3-5-3; freestyle”
December Whirl
~~ 1 ~~
birth of her firstborn
on this silent, holy night—
the pale young mother
~~ 2 ~~
a young mother’s sigh
consolation of cattle
two roosters chime in
~~ 3 ~~
the new arrival
a stray dog from the village
sniffing at the child
~~ 4 ~~
Laughing villagers,
oblivious to the child,
stumble to their homes.
~~ 5 ~~
(alone)
~~ 6 ~~
(scar)
~~ 7 ~~
(ingest)
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 193
Glow
Morning glow, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
ordinary earth
basking in a twilight glow
holy is its name
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Our World Tuesday
More Carpe Diem: “Sacred Earth”
Which
Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico
Clear glass or colored—
through which will the holy face
peer at me today?
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Our World Tuesday
More Haiku Horizons: “Clear”
