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DEDICATEES OF THE VOLUME 1 BRIEF POEMS
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LOVE
Crossroads is to A D'Alessio/ Assister is to MSC
2 Dynasties is to Nick and Jess
Arthur's stone is to Bea Arthur...who had the charisma to pull Guinevere's stone
from Arthur's heart
Friend to all is to Jack McDermott/ Beloved Phyllis is to Phyllis B
Empathic Heart is to P Borlo
A Yearling Became is to JCL// Maynard is to M. Clark
Landlord poem is to Wilbur Werline who in the midst of homes running 700 to 1200
a month... refused to charge more than 250, thinking God did not want him to
profit from others' need//Purifier is to the divine love and purity of
Father Charles Ogada of Nigeria and of Dr George Amoako of Ghana
Soaring Eagle is to Ben B/ Lilac Perfume is to M.A. Wyatt
Sunspill is to A and S Thakur/ The Little Baby is to E
They cannot read is to Ted Zagar//Inviolate is to Jess A/ Listener is to M Kolb
More A's is to unconditionally, deeply universally loving Maury Reishtein
Butterfly is to the focused enduring compassion of Dick S//
Persimmon philters is to the Kim H family, the Kim B family, the Kim S family
Chakra Rainbow is to J. B. Clair
SEA
Effervescence is to Jan and David We Gave Him A Pitcher is to C Lassell
Rocking Cradle of the World is to D and P Wilson
Faster than Any Stylus Squiggling is to Mark Braunstein//Donegalway is to Ed L
Receives All Arrows is to E Hubiak/ Blackberried Tarts is to Betsy Frost
Poseidon Temple is to EL and NL/ Mavoorning is to E Lynch// It Snows At Sea.. is to David Shriver and Julie Denholm
re the death of their mother Sylvia Dobkin Shriver
The rain in Maine is to poet William Cohen and all who live in or love Maine/Rookery is to Walt Rave
Sea Cradle is to Kim Bartlett/ Seychelles is to my mother/ Flags of fog is to MKJ//Love the finescreen is to K S Hoare
Sun necklace is to D Lieberth and his loved ones
Re the sea, 2012 holds many unexpected events.. it is wisdom
to ask ones indwelling God for guidance
SUN
Sun Wed Moon is to John and Adele Looney / Kiss and Tell is to Ramish Price / Baton Rouge is to Robert Marshall //Arun arose awash in Rose is to A Jani and to Aaron Rosen.//Arun is a Sanskrit word for the sun.// Sunball dyed is to Lucy Bilbro
ALL POINTS HOLY
Ambrosia is to Ambrogio Vittadini, who left the financial world to translate Vedic texts.
BEAUTY
Shakti Shanti falls.. part of a poem to Rosa Feldman and Marshal Weisfeld
Apologies for the male pronoun re God. S/He is cumbersome though God is beyond gender.//Cloth of Lace is to MKJ
Om Parvat: Shiva SnowScript is to S. Thakur
COURAGE
to those who love James McDermott
DIFFERENT DRUMMERS
Flyswatters is to Irving Haimes and Eli Kazdan
EARTH
Apple Chapel is to the to God's beloved temples .. N, E, M, R, D, D, K, C, K and other Kempels)
Knitting Knots is to N.A.L.//Goldsmithed Rose is to the employees of Goodyear and the citizens
of Akron Ohio who fought a hostile takeover attempt by James Goldsmith which cost the
city and company 95 million dollars. Greenmail is a mass stockshare buy. Bamboo trees can
grow 30 ft or more in 1 summer blessing the world with green. Jade sari is to poet J Gupta
ECONOMY OF ACTION
What are the jobs of apples is to Steve Jobs..
Fins of Dolphins is to T. Tereskiewicz
EFFORTLESS
Thistles of epistles is to Sue and Jack M
EMPTINESS
Holy Holly is to Holly H.
Tree of nut is to N Ryder, N Altman, K Larson, N Slocum
ENDURING
Christ Child is to B and P Neman, who have anonymously served the poor all their lives
EQUITY
Oh Martin is to all who love Dr Martin Luther King
Larry Doby...1st African American in the American League
Sally Hemings: the many years slave lover of Thomas Jefferson
ETERNAL
Home of the Lord is to R. Rohner /Phoenix Bird is to the loved ones of J C Lehman Jr
It Snows At Sea is to all those who loved Sylvia Dobkin Shriver/ Andrea Rose is to
the Teodosio family//Risen to Love is to Ed F's mother
2 Uteri isto E Daughterty, Clara T, Dear Abby and other twins whose birthmates left for God first//Swans is to Herman J/ Daisy Stream is to R Dawson on the death of his mother
Nimbus is to Jess and Hildy Ennis and their spouses... their mother for whom it was written died shortly after her husband of over 50 yrs.//Windows On The World is to all who died in the WTC &
after. Tens of millions support the 911 truth movement.. .//Current of Grief is to all who love C Turchan M/ Laughing at Funerals is to the loved ones of L Marshall. Only Love Remains
is to Sarah Bertsch's parents and their spouses and to all else who love her.
FIDELITY
Mary and Bob is to the Hancasky's// Rose of Akron is to Elisa S who was taken to safety by
one of the Kent State protestors... who was later himself shot.
FLOWERS
4 Flowers is to Rosita and Charlie Davis//Awry the rye rises is to Rosalie Cohen Quine and to Sharan Freundschuh//Little Tree Little Tree is to Tattva of Moundsville
Tree of Nut is to Nat Altman, Nate Slocum, Natalie Ryder, Knute Larson
Enpine the Cone is to Wm Barr//Hawaiian Breadfruit is to all those working to end the USDA exclusion of Hawaiian and other country fruits and plants from the US mainland
Anemone is to a Domincan sister at Crown Point Ecology Center
Forsythia is to Cynthia M.P.
Lady Bird Loves Cowslips for Themselves is to Lady Bird Johnson,
a woman gracious in suffering, a defender of the underdog
FORGIVING
Greatest Forgiver is (to Charles R. Marshall. who inspires those who know him with his refusal to resent those who harm him/ /You violet me is to Nita N// God looks on sin.. the quote about toddler's fall is from my teacher's writing.
I will knock is to T Jackson// Heather is to HS// Sea Transmutes Lava is to Lois Lichty
who gently diverted criticism... never speaking an unkind word//
FREE
to the unbounded giving of N Natelson
FREEDOM
When God green grows is to Rosalie Cohen Quine, now with God and to younger than springtime Sharan F. A.//Alfred Beethoven is to B Unti
who has for several decades worked to free all creatures.
FRIENDSHIP
I choose thee is to J Freundschuh
GIVING
His mind does not bookkeep is to John S Wegener/ Dept. Store Elves is to M. J. Trenta/
Waterf/altar is to George B /// Ten Tenets is to Don Papes, vegetarian cat protector, skilled
in architecture, plumbing, electrical engineering who would sometimes stand at bridges
in national parks and ask people not to suffocate fish//Master artist is to Jan B
GRACE
Bees' gathered amber is to Edmund and Julie L// June 21 is to MSC
GRATITUDE
A dog is so cheaply bought is to Karin Anderson, protector, feeder, and healer
of every stray human or animal who comes her way
Six Heures is to Cesar Chavez, the UFW, and all the unions
and individuals who have helped with victories/ Greeks is to Drivas
HEALING
Tearfall is to Caroline Harman's healing heart. Howe Rd. is to Alex Pacheco and I Newkirk, cofounders of PETA
Cunningham Falls is to the healing power of Tom Shroyer
HUMILITY
Meeker is to the Dave, Robert, and other Meeker families
Humble Rain is to Dick S whose aura attracts all//a 1500 lb. pumpkin was grown recently
JOY
Pass Him On is to Dick Marshall who has been passing Him on all his life
Edify is to Ed L// First Lightning is to Dr Ginnie Bourquardez who
first hitchhiked in her 70's and founded an interfaith animal rights group.
Where they walk is to S and J Everett
LAW BOWS TO LOVE
Jaywalking is to Freya, her children, brother in law's family and friends of Jay Dinshah.
his father's family and all who work with NAVS
Liquid Love is to J Mosyjowski.. nonviolent gentle enduring in every area of life
Traffic Light is to Sue Brebner, Tom Regan and other heroes of civil disobedience
Spirit carrier is to DPB
Diner is to Indianapolis former congressman. Andrew Jacobs..
a teacher of peace... in politics and diet.. who often spoke of
the slaughterhouse of war and therefore stopped eating meat
MANIFESTATION
The sun does his rays dispatch is to Matteo Bruner
Clouds Unfold is to M and M Lytz / 6 boys is to the Obis boys and their parents, biological and otherwise
MANY SUNS
Centenarian apple tree is to Virginia
Bourquardez. To those who knew her she was an Auntie Mame.
MATE LOVE
Quietly Shimmers is to D and E Barr//// Two Thorns is to Mr and Mrs Bernie Rosen
Lustbuster is about a vision by S G//Hawksquaw: Native Americans are
reclaiming the word 'squaw', polluted by white invaders.
MERGING SURRENDER
To God is to D and D Neman..who have been building community all their lives// Padnamaskar (touching the feet of the guru) is to Kate B.
METAMORPHOSIS
Sweet rain transubstantiate is to Joe and Ruth W Pear
PaliAnish is Pali (language of Buddhist stotras) Anish.. Supreme Lord
MIRACLES
Unencumbered is to D Giehl
Mind radio dispatcher is to L Seikel
Instantenous Miracles is
to Dudley Giehl, founder of Animal Liberation in 1970 .. human companion of
oranges- eating dogs Melisande and Isolde .. opera lover.. of infinite heart
Seek Ye First is to S Everett, grace and compassion incarnate
Sun's Grace and wise sweet fruit are to Julia Hull who
always combined sharp intellect with soft kindness..
Moses poem to DPB who in writer's humble opinion has done more than Moses
to make the world a kinder place
Apologies for use of the male pronoun to refer to the God beyond gender.
Round Wonders is to James McDermott
Highlighted Synchronicities is to J. Voelker... gentle genius who has helped his
friends clear away trash//Christie is to Christie T of Kathleen and Greg
Miracle Points: to Tara L // How Jesus' Soul Came to Mary is to Nancy McGrath Wilson
Ark Afloat is to Pandeva Z
MOON
Night is the husher is to Hendrika N
Coconut Milk Pitcher is to Ruth Thomas, English teacher at Buchtel High School who died
at the age of 98, after a lifetime of peace activism.
MOTHERING FATHERING NURTURING
Oerhoverer is to my mother. Second Sunrise is to my father
Eve Angel is to EKB Diamond Rule is to Marge S
Mayrides is about the father of Barbara and Judy and his love of not only his children but
his siblings/ Statues of Nonliberty is to N.L./ N and M is to my mother// 23 years is to Allison B
MUSIC AND ART
Poet and philosopher John Moats was one of 6 recorded deaths by freezing
of the homeless in our town one winter..
Jasmine is to Maynard Ferguson, mystic and jazz musician//River Valley is to poet SanExpeditus
PAIN TRANSFORMED
Rain to Make a Rainbow: is to M, L. Crawford... who has suffered so much with such courage
and who with her husband has helped all to see the stars
Cherrystones is to Charles DiFazio and his wife)(Charles wrote a book
called From Where Did You Come) This is not about shellfish who have a right to life
PEACE
Polish Horses is to Alex Hershaft, founder of the Meatout.
Aa student came up to JBO, an American teacher of English in Japan and told her he was born
on Aug 6,1945 in Niigata. Because of overcast skies, Hiroshima was selected as the 2nd target for 1 of the only 2 reported atom bombs dropped on a human population) .
Ivy is to Wallace' and Shana's daughter
3 shimmering rainbareels is to Sharon Berg, attorney and spiritual soup kitchen cook//Blue lips and cherrystones: kinds of shellfish
POSITIVE THOUGHT
Break of Day is to Wright. /Her will ordained is to S Everett's and J Brunner's mother /
Rising Waters is to D and M. McGhee
PRAYER MEDITATION
Held the dew the buttercup is to Jeff Miller//Britannia once ruled the waves is to B Pinkus
The sun does nothing but meditate is to Marty Solomon//Flowers don't chase bees is to C Nevada
QUIET
Mums outlast lilies is about the mother of Judy K and Barbara M who never said an unkind word about anyone
RESURRECTION
Easter Releaf is to Leonard B/ Eastern Ridge is to Jerry and Nita Eastridge/ Blooming branch is to J Dunlap/ Hello is to Eileen W
RIVERS
(Cuyahoga River is to Betty, David, and all other Seiberlings)
TEACHER
to Milt Radney whose quiet anonymous charity gifted thousands.. from the time he
was an NYC cabriver through his entire life
Microscope is to Dan Tompsett http://www.postpoems.org/authors/owlcrkbrg
VICTORY
My Jesus is to T Henretty who has like her God has a heart for all
Indians fighting the British invasion were strapped in front of cannons
which were then ignited, an event immortalized in the painting of
the master Russian artist Vereschchagin.
WILL
Will is to Will W
Music invoked by baton is to Wallace O
WIND
Mother Wind is to K Bartlett
INTERFAITH
A spiral is to Charles Marshall
Prayer Wheels is to Jim Gibbons
Jewish Unhunter is to Debra Wasserman and Charles Stahler
Neelakanta is to Dr and Mrs Nanjundiah, formerly of Bethesda/ Torah is to D and H Newman who follow
this rule of the heart in their lives.
Poornachandra is an over 20,000 year old Sanskrit word for the full moon. Ananda is joy.
NONVIOLENCE UNIVERSAL
Because of her is to Nita Nickol
We have nothing to offer you is to I Newkirk /Riverflood is about Larry L Miller of Northeast Ohio
Peaceful Master is to John Clemente
Trillions of Animals' Cries is to T Raber, with many decades
of improving animals' lots as well as his human friends'
Consumees is to Casey Kasem, a vegan who consumes no animals or fishes
Hound No Longer Haunted is to Chrissie Hynde
Civet cats were rotated in drums and terrorized to produce their fright secretions
Seychelles Seashells is to my mother
Inuit is a reference to Inuit low life expectancy related to a high animal protein diet, heavy
concentrations of pcb's, arsenic, chromium, mercury, uric acid, amyloid plaque, animal fat
and other toxins
Nonzoophagous: Lions have 5 times the kidney size of humans. Humans have the longest
intestinal tract of mammals... while carnivores have the shortest.
Euthanizing to end animal agony is not murder but mercy.
Bullfights is to J Diguara who has for countless years worked effectively
to end bullfights, sealclubbing, slaughterhouse murder etc etc
The dominion God has given to humans is that of a parent for a child, and not of a killer
for helpless voiceless victims.
STARSCRIPT
Aquarian is to Frank Klein//Painter One with his Painting is to Marvin Katz//
Firebird feather… a vision God gave the writer before her life was saved in a blowout on Rt 70
A line in a Clare Booth Luce play sparked one of these poems.
Firebird is to Tom and Bill Kinzie anonymous workers for all beings'
happiness.
Joy's Geysers is to Sulochana

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For every triple crown winner are millions of racehorses who have broken necks, broken
legs, died in barn fires, been poisoned by those gambling on different horses,
lived lives of loneliness shunted from one home to another, before being sent to a horse
slaughterhouse.

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Love 70 Sea 65 Sun 39 Act 3 All Points Holy 4 Beauty 48 Courage 3 Democ 2 Destiny 2 Different Drummers 5 Earth 28 Economy 13 Effortless 6 Emptiness 4 Endure 3 Equity 7 Eternal 32 Faithful 10 Flowers 64 Forgive 31 Form 3 Free 2 Freedom 16 Friend 2 Giving 19 Grace 33 Gratitude 12 Healing 7 Humility 8 Joy 34 Law Bows 11 Manifest 8 Mate 11 Many Suns 4 Mercy 5 Merging 4 Metamorphosis 20 Miracles 33 Moon 4 Mothering Fathering 11 Music 22 Nonjudging 5 Pain Gone 12 Patience 6 Peace 34 Politics 2 Positive Thought 33 Prayer Meditation 35 Projection 4 Pure 7
Quiet 17 Resurrection 34 Rivers 1 Sacred 10 Sanctuary 1 Simple 7 Supply 2 Teacher 4 Truth 4 Union 1 Victory 10 Will 11 Wind 10 Women 1 Interfaith Christian 7 Islam 7 Hindu 7 Jewish 5 Buddhist 7 Indigenous Peoples 1 Tao 1 Atheist Agnostic 1 Nonviolence 77 Starscript 7...
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1080 Brief Poems by Saiom Shriver
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PARAPLEGIC'S CHAIR

In a dream I was helping a paraplegic man

by bringing his chair.. I stopped half way to

gather my breath.. suddenly of its own accord

the chair fell apart.. it was a special computer

chair.. the man could not function without it..



(one of infinite meanings: we contract before we are born

to help certain souls in great need.. we should not

leave off helping them)