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Unprepared
On seeing the world about them go splash,
They put on their helmets, ready to dash
Into the glimmering, shimmering waves
That will soon carry them into their graves.
They haven’t a prayer, they haven’t a chance,
They run through the door, preparing to dance
With spiraling waves that will not forgive—
Deadly the moments the boys won’t outlive.
Could ever there be a much sadder song
Than that of a day when all things go wrong?
Maybe the wrong would turn right, if we cared,
But plague time is here, and we’re unprepared.
Poem © 2020 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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More The Whirligig #264
More Writers’ Pantry #18 at Poets and Storytellers United
Spring
1
First great change of spring—
the coronavirus spreads
all over the world.
2
On the patio
six feet away from my friend
we share springtime tea.
3
first nibble of spring—
a handful of raw almonds
with my morning tea
4
Through a small window
I watch the first spring robins
foraging for worms.
5
First possum of spring—
I’m inclined to think he’s dead
till his tail twitches.
6
Spring sneaks through my yard—
the first blossom’s opening
brings me to my knees.
Haiku © 2019 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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The Sun’s in My Eyes
The sun’s in my eyes, I fear I’ll go blind.
There’s ice in the attic, and I’m of a mind
To look for a world that’s calmer than calm,
Where even the view from the bathroom is balm;
No astral projections, no blood on the floor,
Sweet music is all that I’m looking for.
How fluid is life, how fleeting, yet sweet!
Now that I’m done with this rhyming, I’m beat!
Poem © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Beautiful Place
The world is a beautiful place
For every creed, color and race;
There’s room for us all,
The great and the small—
No need to seek more room in space.
Limerick © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “The World Is a Beautiful Place”
Until
Giant palo verde tree in bloom, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
How many blossoms,
how many starlit evenings
until the world ends?
Haiku and photo © 2018 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Downplay
Discarded materials from a construction site gathering evening shadows, Southern Arizona
In a box of castoff wood,
Shadows do what shadows should:
Downplay darkness, accent light,
Making all the world seem right.
~~ ~~ ~~
Shadows find homes in strange places.
Text and photo © 2016 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Web
Spider, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
after my walk:
a perfect spider web
stuck to my glasses
how magical the world looks
through a thousand silken strands
*Opening gambit © by Lee Gurga
Final two lines © 2015 and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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Tattered Tales
~~ 1 ~~
discarded boxes
sheltering homeless people
down by the river
~~ 2 ~~
journey into night—
your heart at the beginning
fluttering wildly
~~ 3 ~~
In a perfect world
there would be no mosquitoes,
neither rats nor lice.
~~ 4 ~~
an autumn morning—
walking a misty pathway
wet leaves underfoot
~~ 5 ~~
Everything depends
on rain, a red wheelbarrow
and some white chickens.
~~ 6 ~~
a long journey to
nowhere in particular
and then back again
~~ 7 ~~
Beyond the back fence
a world I have never seen
is waiting for me.
~~ 8 ~~
a short siesta
in the silence of her room—
insomniac’s dream
~~ 9 ~~
coffee for the guests
pouring again and again
until the last drop
~~ 10 ~~
rainy afternoon—
finding a place of refuge
in the library
~~ 11 ~~
finding a table
where we can talk till midnight
nursing our whisky
~~ 12 ~~
summer afternoon
the head of one sunflower
drooping toward the earth
© 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Shifting
Melon blossom, Southern California
in the melon field
a shifting world of darkness
underneath the vines
Text and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Settling
Sundown at the ocean’s edge, Puerto Nuevo, Baja California Norte, México
flight of the eagle
stepping into the world of dreams—
a silent cry
settling on the succulents
the hunter’s breath at sundown
*Opening gambit © by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem
Final two lines and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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