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Haibun: Give Thanks
“I’m too tired to be grateful,” I growl, and sip a third cup of coffee. I listen to my watch ticking. I remember the scent of the tangerine I peeled on a long-ago Thanksgiving Day. The citrus oils stung my chapped fingers, making me wince. But that was the best tangerine I have ever tasted. And the longer I live, the more clearly I see that I can choose how my day will go by changing my attitude. “Don’t be fooled,” I say to myself, “gratitude is the path to contentment. Make every day a holy day. Give thanks.”
autumn meander—
making my way toward twilight
with a few detours
Public Defender
This was on
the Daily Show:
Did you hear the one
about the public defender
who got confused
and represented
the wrong thief?
The charges were dropped,
but the thief ended up
as a lonely insomniac.
Which just goes to show,
I suppose,
that even a college-educated person
(I’m thinking of the public defender)
had better remember his (or
her) p’s and q’s
before he (or she) cleanses
(or attempts to cleanse)
the soul of another.
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Poinsettias
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
close to her tombstone
fresh pot of poinsettias—
someone remembers
Haiku and photo © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Stargazing
~~ 1 ~~
Who can separate
the stargazers from their quest
for the perfect light?
~~ 2 ~~
familiar story—
for love of all things starry
gazing in her eyes
~~ 3 ~~
gazing at heaven’s
architecture—the planets,
the comets, the stars
~~ 4 ~~
never forgotten—
the stars the elders gazed on
giving each a name
~~ 5 ~~
The old stargazer—
she holds her head in her hands
as the last star falls.
~~ 6 ~~
Who will remember
the stars we gaze at tonight?
Perhaps the ravens.
~~ 7 ~~
Mayan stargazers—
the old traditions live on
at the pyramids.
~~ 8 ~~
one woman
gazing hungrily
at the stars
~~ 9 ~~
unpredictable—
the customs of stargazers
on a windy night
~~ 10 ~~
gazing at the stars—
old man with tremulous hands
raising them in praise
~~ 11 ~~
gazing at the sky—
blotted out by city lights
every single star
~~ 12 ~~
a separate star
upon which no one can gaze—
the diffident light
© 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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