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New Coat
A snowy forest in northern New Mexico.
last days of the year—
even the old pine forest
puts on a new coat
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Tired Apples
Castoff apples sag in the noonday sun, San Juan County, New Mexico.
Photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Stained Glass
A stained glass window at Sacred Heart Church, Farmington, New Mexico.
A window stained mostly in blue
Can be quite relaxing, it’s true.
It soothes and it calms
All fears and all qualms.
There’s nothing quite like it for you!
Limerick and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Winter Is Coming
Dead mullein stalks poke out of the snow in northern New Mexico.
Winter is coming with sleet, ice, and snow;
Herons will shiver and so will the crow.
Rivers of snot will run from kids’ noses—
They won’t be smelling bouquets of roses.
Slippery sidewalks will make old folks fall;
Traffic on freeways will slow to a crawl.
But there are some places winter won’t touch:
India, Panama, Guinea, and such.
To people who live there, southerly folk,
Winter’s privations are merely a joke.
It’s all in your viewpoint, how winter looks.
Remember: Broth spoils with too many cooks.
Poem © 2018 and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Deserted
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
deserted village—
seven inns of happiness
crumble in the wind
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blaze
Animas River near Cedar Hill, San Juan County, New Mexico
Autumn by autumn
a blaze along the river
outshines every sun.
Haiku © 2017 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Clouds
Near Grants, New Mexico
storm clouds gathering—
perhaps the desert will drink
just before sundown
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Blue Monday: Flower
Blue flower: detail of a decorative wreath for sale in a New Mexico gift shop
Flower of cloth with petals of blue,
It never pains me to look at you.
The more I look, the better I feel.
My life must be on an even keel.
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Crow
El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
Crow in the pine tree,
will you ever stop mocking
what you can’t explain?
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Walls
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
Shadows cling to the stone walls.
Text and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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