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Blue Monday: Artisan
Artisan at work, Galería Bernabe, Tonalá, Jalisco, México.
Carefully the artisan decorates the cup.
The lucky one who buys it will have a regal sup.
Couplet © 2018 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Making Memories
Photo illustration for a Guadalajara Reporter story in 2016, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Someone made some memories,
Made them long ago,
Using a film camera,
And this is what I know:
The women in the photo
Do not smile or blink.
Their bland looks betray nothing—
One wonders what they think.
Each woman holds a doggie,
The doggies are quite still.
Were the little beasties drugged
And held against their will?
And what about the ribbons
The women do not wear?
Are they content with hair spray
To batten down their hair?
A hundred questions pop up
About this photograph;
Some of them are sobering,
And some just make me laugh.
Photo © 2016 and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Memories”
Mirror
A mirror decorated for Christmas 2016, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
The napkins on the table
And paintings on the wall
Are pictured in the mirror,
The glass that sees them all.
But mirrors cannot picture
The realm within the soul,
Where Spirit speaks to spirit,
And crushed things are made whole.
Poem © 2017 and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Keratin
Advertisement for decorative fingernails painted on a car door, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
six nails in a row—
rainbow-colored keratin
beckoning to me
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku Horizons: “Row”
Clock
Ongoing construction in front of Guadalajara, Mexico’s cathedral
Sunday afternoon—
the clock seems to move slower
than on other days.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Haiku Horizons: “Clock”
Sweeping
Small catrina figure on a table outside a shop in Tonalá, Jalisco, México
Instead of a bat,
she wields a wicked white broom,
sweeping home plate clean.
Haiku © 2015 and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Petatillo
Artisan at work, Galería Bernabe, Tonalá, Jalisco, México
summer afternoon—
petatillo artisan
paints another line
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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petatillo artisan
paints another line
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More Carpe Diem: “Arts”
Blue Angel
Angel for sale at a shop, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, México
Angel, do you see
reindeer coursing through the sky—
or are you just shy?
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tongue
Bananas, Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
how one tongue of flame
licking at the hanging fruit
ripens into song
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Flame
Bananas, Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
how one tongue of flame
licking at the hanging fruit
ripens into song
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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