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Winter Afternoon
A splintered tree on a winter’s day, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
~~ 1 ~~
Winter afternoon—
all his broken promises
come back to haunt her.
~~ 2 ~~
Winter afternoon—
her resistance to the cold
is growing weaker.
~~ 3 ~~
winter afternoon—
hearing the forecast with doubt
and great suspicion
~~ 4 ~~
Winter afternoon—
that clown of a weatherman
talks only in lies.
~~ 5 ~~
Winter afternoon—
her defiance of the cold
weakens by the hour.
~~ 6 ~~
Winter afternoon—
something in her soul demands
a bold new action.
~~ 7 ~~
Winter afternoon—
unafraid of the wind chill
she ventures outdoors,
embraced by the great white void
that erases her footsteps.
Haiku and tanka © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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A Whiff of Christmas
This week’s Sunday Whirl words: fix, apart, snatch, cover, pair, angel, waves, simple, box, clay, lies, moon
~~ 1 ~~
Fix the broken tale,
tinkering with every word
till it sings again.
~~ 2 ~~
Apart from her dreams
she becomes a flightless wren,
her left wing broken.
~~ 3 ~~
Snatch five minutes’ rest
and then resume your journey—
night is coming on.
~~ 4 ~~
Cover your eyes, child,
things too terrible to see
lie in wait for you.
~~ 5 ~~
Pair the figs and grapes—
ambrosial delectations
for our Christmas feast.
~~ 6 ~~
angel in the snow—
some child left it there today—
solace for the stars
~~ 7 ~~
waves of autumn rain
pommelling the pear orchard
the last withered leaf
~~ 8 ~~
simple the questions
convoluted the answers—
house wren weaves her nest
~~ 9 ~~
box of stale cookies
dusty on the pantry shelf—
Christmas long ago
~~ 10 ~~
clay Christmas angel
tumbling to the blue tile floor—
one unbroken wing
~~ 11 ~~
lies at Christmastide
separating wheat from chaff
Herculean task
~~ 12 ~~
Moon on Christmas night—
the Magi and the shepherds
look in vain for signs.
© 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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