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A Bit of Sunday Morning Nonsense
Minus your face, dear, you bring me to tears.
A spot of confetti seems to last years.
The grit in the ashes soon turns to brass;
Shelves in my memory shatter like glass.
Come here, my darling, and bring me more wine;
Bear with my foolishness, make my face shine!
Poem © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Sunday’s Whirligig #236
More Poetry Pantry #497 at Poets United
First Days
~~ 1 ~~
first days of the year—
something that the neighbor heard
still troubling her dreams
~~ 2 ~~
first days of the year—
weaving infidelity
into her life’s tale
~~ 3 ~~
first days of the year—
a hidden greenness rising
in the oak branches
~~ 4 ~~
first day of the year—
for her missing firstborn son
unstoppable tears
~~ 5 ~~
first day of the year—
wounded bird on the sidewalk
lifting its left wing
~~ 6 ~~
first days of the year—
in the even-numbered hours,
not the odd, a song
~~ 7 ~~
first days of the year—
remembering mosquitoes
and her bitten hands
~~ 8 ~~
first days of the year—
picking at the bullet wound
from six weeks ago
~~ 9 ~~
first days of the year—
playing more digital games
to forget her pain
~~ 10 ~~
first day of the year—
a bow to the fat snowflakes
settling on my sleeve
Haiku © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Poetry Pantry #285
More Sunday’s Whirligig #41
Name
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Southern California
no sign of tears
to prove your name
weeping willow
perhaps the wind has dried them
or a hundred days of sun
*Opening gambit © by Adjei Agyei-Baah
Final two lines © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Carpe Diem Special #157: “Adjei Agyei-Baah’s Haiku”
Fruit
Wellton Memorial Cemetery, Wellton, Arizona
Too long, sweet Lady,
have we feasted on our tears—
feed us with your fruit.
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More A Virgin a Day at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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