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Finding Bliss in Change
Let’s make a parade, and march through the gate;
These times are trying, but we cannot wait.
Grace has gone swimming, and things are amiss—
Who in her right mind would argue with this?
See how old prejudice rears up its head?
Cut it off quickly! Make sure that it’s dead.
There’s beauty in yellow, red, white, and black;
Joy’s in the middle, the front and the back.
It’s simple, my friend, to bring a new day.
Old braids of hatred? Just snip them away!
Poem © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Somewhere
The gritty backside of Historic Downtown Yuma, Arizona
Little brown sparrow,
from somewhere in the shadows
you sing notes of joy.
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Piping
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
a dove keeps piping
beyond the distant mountains
endless notes of joy
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Carols
Ornaments on a Christmas tree in a Yuma County, Arizona church
carols in the air
carols, carols everywhere—
love and peace and joy
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Scraps
~~ 1 ~~
muttering nonsense
the women at the dumpster
rummaging for scraps
~~ 2 ~~
in a hidden vein
gold ore waiting in the dark
for a miner’s pick
~~ 3 ~~
hibiscus blossoms—
tearing at them with anger
till they are no more
~~ 4 ~~
pilgrims on the way
the youngest lagging behind
to pick some daisies
~~ 5 ~~
from here to Denver
across the Mississippi—
the length of her stride
~~ 6 ~~
the topmost branches
of a forty-foot white oak—
my childhood lookout
~~ 7 ~~
the joy of walking
in places with no footprints
crow guiding my way
~~ 8 ~~
pathway pebble-clear
walking barefoot after dark
for our rendezvous
~~ 9 ~~
an old silver tray
laden with grapes and olives—
artisanal fruit
~~ 10 ~~
hibiscus blossoms—
changing their color with chalk
snitched from a schoolboy
~~ 11 ~~
August afternoon—
the way thunderheads threaten
to flood the washes
~~ 12 ~~
(extravagant)
© 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Piping
Aztec Ruins, Aztec, New Mexico
ragged flute player
cradled in a shaft of light
piping summer’s joy
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Feeding
Couple feeding koi, Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
the simple joy
of feeding hungry fish
with a few crumbs
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Somewhere
An ironwood tree at dusk, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Somewhere a skylark,
far from these wasted places,
trills a note of joy.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ocotillo
Ocotillo, blossoming after winter rains, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
After winter rain,
even the ocotillos
seem to sing for joy.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ocotillo
Ocotillo, greening after winter rains, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
After winter rains,
even the ocotillo
seems to sing for joy.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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