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Three Haiku as Autumn Deepens
1.
raking fallen leaves—
my ceremony to heal
the wounds of autumn
2.
a distant mirage—
the languid days of summer
when we sipped iced tea
3.
My dwelling’s empty,
so come, corn pollen laughter,
come, O mountain song!
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© 2021 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More The Whirligig #343
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Friday Writings #1 at Poets and Storytellers United
Schoolboy
Sunflowers, southern Colorado
~~ 1 ~~
spreading jam thickly
on a slice of whole wheat bread—
ravenous schoolboy
~~ 2 ~~
pollen in the air
making the young schoolboy sneeze—
his homework scatters
~~ 3 ~~
A young schoolboy hops
froglike to biology
down the long hallway.
~~ 4 ~~
His former teacher
pats the schoolboy on his head
as though he’s her pet.
~~ 5 ~~
through summer-scorched weeds
schoolboys pushing their way home—
crooked is the path
~~ 6 ~~
Playground katydids—
schoolboys pay no attention
as they chase the girls.
~~ 7 ~~
Bored out of his gourd,
a schoolboy totes up reasons
for being outdoors.
~~ 8 ~~
The hottest schoolboy’s
unavailable right now,
having been grounded.
~~ 9 ~~
Little red capsules—
the schoolboy’s gulping them down
as fast as he can.
~~ 10 ~~
shoplifting schoolboy—
his teachers thought him honest
until his arrest
~~ 11 ~~
In this schoolboy’s life
someone needs to intervene
before it’s too late.
Poems © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Showers
Agave in bloom, April 2016, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
showers of pollen
falling from the agave—
lizards take shelter
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Grains
Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), Apache County, Arizona
ripened pollen grains
hiding in the mallow’s heart—
feast for bee and ant
Text and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Ravenous
Mesquite blossoms at daybreak, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
soon to be devoured
fragile yellow pollen grains
ravenous the sand
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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