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Unprepared
On seeing the world about them go splash,
They put on their helmets, ready to dash
Into the glimmering, shimmering waves
That will soon carry them into their graves.
They haven’t a prayer, they haven’t a chance,
They run through the door, preparing to dance
With spiraling waves that will not forgive—
Deadly the moments the boys won’t outlive.
Could ever there be a much sadder song
Than that of a day when all things go wrong?
Maybe the wrong would turn right, if we cared,
But plague time is here, and we’re unprepared.
Poem © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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The Cat’s Wisdom: A Haibun of Imagination
Yesterday at noon, when I opened my kitchen window, I looked out toward the clothesline, and saw the neighbor’s scruffy cat. “So, you’ve finally decided to wake up,” I said with a laugh. Instead of purring, the cat began snarling at me. It had my full attention! An intimate talk followed, although I will not tell you what was said. That moment stays between the cat and me, and I will hold onto it forever. Meanwhile, I’ve decided to listen. If anything can keep me from seeking the cat’s wisdom again, then I don’t deserve to hear its voice.
Fog envelops me,
yet I keep moving forward
on the unseen way.
Haibun © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Moment
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Southern Arizona
At any moment
a mourning dove may alight
on the leafless tree.
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Way
Day’s end, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
midsummer moments—
taking the winding way home
just before nightfall
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Life
Iron wheel on farm equipment, Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, California
a moment
of divinity
in one’s self
~~ ~~ ~~
Life keeps rolling on and on.
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Waiting
Old door in Historic Downtown Yuma, Arizona
on the door a fly
waiting for the right moment
to slip through a crack
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Tiny Tales
~~ 1 ~~
twenty months of drought
the fortitude of pine trees
blackbird’s plaintive song
~~ 2 ~~
At the nursing home
the moody night shift nurses
wait for the next death.
~~ 3 ~~
a broken platter—
crickets jumping at the chance
for dabs of jelly
~~ 4 ~~
on gossamer wings
mist stealing through the forest—
fragile little bird
~~ 5 ~~
Though your life is brief,
you may take a stone in hand
while you are weeping.
~~ 6 ~~
the simple brilliance
of this singular moment—
blue iris blooming
~~ 7 ~~
Spontaneity—
from the dust of wilderness
healing pools arise.
~~ 8 ~~
inevitable—
the birds that followed Jesus
pecking at my eyes
~~ 9 ~~
birth pangs at midnight
the poem in my belly
kicking to be free
~~ 10 ~~
in a barren land
no pattering of raindrops—
plethora of light
~~ 11 ~~
difficult to see
on the dark and stormy way—
stories no one tells
~~ 12 ~~
first evening shadows
creeping into dead men’s shoes—
blackbird turns to ash
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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With You
Hogar de Niños, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Here I am with you,
sharing this special moment—
we are not strangers.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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sharing this special moment—
we are not strangers.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Blue Monday
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