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Prayer House

Old adobe building, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California.
little house of prayer
in the shadows of the oak—
come, O Spirit, come
Haiku and photo © by Magical Mystical Teacher
Yearnings

Weathered window on an old adobe house, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
In the reading room
she finds a tiny tendril
curling round one word
and tries to keep the volume
of her growing sorrow low.
~~ ~~ ~~
the more I fill it,
the more I have of nothing—
my empty basket—
not even a phrase or two
makes up for what is missing
~~ ~~ ~~
jagged rice stubble—
no place for their lovemaking
in the harvest field
though still their yearning is strong
as sun beating down on stone
Tanka and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Ruby Tuesday Too
More Poetry Pantry #290
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Sunday’s Whirligig #47: “Basket, Jagged, Missing, Sorrow, Keep”
More The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 239: “Free, Volume, Sun, Yearning, Still, Phrase, Two”
Footbridge

Footbridge, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
a scrap of paper—
scribbling some words as she walks
across the footbridge
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Shadow Shot Sunday 2
More Sunday Scribblings 2: “Paper”
Refuge

Old adobe building, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
her house of refuge
in the shadows of the oak—
seven prayers a day
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
Indissoluble

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
for one afternoon
marriage of light and shadow
indissoluble
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Marriage”
Undulating

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Preserve, Riverside County, California
underneath a fence
the undulating grasses
crying out for rain
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More SkyWatch Friday
More Friday’s Fences
More Carpe Diem: “Southard’s ‘Undulates'”