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Signs
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
Signs that tell a tale
refresh the pilgrim’s footsteps
on her long journey.
Haiku and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Signs
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona
signs along the way
some of them she understands
many she does not
Poem and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Whirling with Rumi
Each vignette begins with a phrase culled from The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks.
~~ 1 ~~
The orchard in spring—
apple blossoms fly away
when the old men call.
~~ 2 ~~
Come to the orchard—
it is time to name the fruit
clinging to the trees.
~~ 3 ~~
From the other world
comes one whose speech grows orchards
hung with tempting fruit.
~~ 4 ~~
where the two worlds touch—
faint signs of degradation
smudging leaf and light
~~ 5 ~~
a grain of barley
doing double duty as
an earthy poem
~~ 6 ~~
the speechless full moon
filling ten thousand goblets
with unuttered words
~~ 7 ~~
the one who brings light
this frosty autumn morning
broken in his chains
~~ 8 ~~
puddle that freezes
making no sense to the drunk
sloshing his vodka
~~ 9 ~~
For what needs no food
there are no sheets of music
to help guide the dance.
~~ 10 ~~
little hanging lamps
connected to the plum trees
with frayed bungee cords
~~ 11 ~~
ancient manuscripts
with vital information
cast into the flames
~~ 12 ~~
a sugarcane flute
wrapped in strips of red and gold
for the nuptial feast
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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