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Lost
Foggy spring morning—
I grieve for all that I lost
when I blinked my eyes.
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Spring Melancholy
1.
I pluck from the shelf
yet another empty cup—
spring melancholy
2.
I sip bitter wine
after laying fresh flowers
on my father’s grave.
3.
I am too jaded
to taste how honeyed the hours
we share together.
4.
I swear at the thorns
that keep snagging my jacket
on the mountain path.
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #423
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Three Tiny Tales
1.
Picture an alley
where snow has changed the story—
waste into wonder!
2.
Winter lines her face
with names she can’t remember,
yet they give her grace.
3.
in a freezing room
a curtain for their blanket
happy to make love
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #409
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Delicate Letters
1.
My ribs are branches
on which invisible birds
perch on winter nights.
2.
Enter, acrobats!
Begin your parade through town,
though the north wind moans.
3.
I lower my eyes
when I see the light in yours,
Sister Winter Moon.
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #407
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Three Free-Wheeling Haiku
1.
In distress my heart
seems to turn into liquid—
bitter winter draught.
2.
Desperate for wings,
I’ll pay whatever they cost—
my new year’s desire.
3.
Cold-weather longing:
to see Paris glittering
while a freight train moans.
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #405
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Reclaim Life, Sip Tea!
1.
First tea of the year—
on the surface swims a swan,
singing to the moon.
2.
How lucky I am,
in the absence of a lake,
to have new year’s tea!
3.
O swan with hurt wings,
you won’t die, but be revived
by the year’s first tea.
4.
My mood? Indigo,
but only for a moment—
now, some new year’s tea!
© 2023 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #404
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Ordinary Moments
1.
The bread remembers
when it was grain in the field—
autumn abundance.
2.
On my autumn walk
I found a breath the raven
left beside the path
3.
For smudging ourselves,
we gather some mountain sage—
November blessing.
4.
Autumn afternoon—
a story told by strangers
causes me to smile.
© 2022 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More The Whirligig #397
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Ordinary
A duck pauses for a rest at Yuma Conservation Garden, Yuma, Arizona
An ordinary duck
On an ordinary day
Doing ordinary things
In an ordinary way.
But take another look
At that ordinary duck:
I think it’s quite amazing
That he’s not built like a truck!
Poem and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Rope
Rope on a horse-drawn wagon, Yuma Quartermaster Depot, Yuma, Arizona
ordinary rope
tying loose ends together
in a sacred knot
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Glow
Morning glow, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
ordinary earth
basking in a twilight glow
holy is its name
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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