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                 THE RYE GROWS AWRY

                 When God's green grows
                 it's rarely in rows
                 .. Awry the rye rises
                 .. unruly the rose.

                 Unruled the wind blows
                 Unstraight..river flows
                 Unchained.. fire glows
                 rarely in rows.

                 Not meant dandelions
                   to grow in lines
                 Nor at right angles
                   do streams' rivers wed.
              
                 Nor are the fallen snows
                  to remain unswirled
                         unsquirreled.

                 And when heat rays rose
                  from a cup of berry tea
                    they were not in lockstep
                      they were curled.
                  

NOT IN CHAOTIC SHARDS

Not in chaotic shards
do dandelion seeds
burst from their ball.
Each part as perfect
as the whole.
Each each contains
the all.

              
BORODIN

The call of suffering
was greater than
the call of the
music flowing
in his soul..
he worked at a hospital
during the day..
and only composed
in his off time

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EAST WOOD

He is a hero to
animals in East Woods
and West Woods
North Woods
and South Woods
.. while horses are still
killed in Spanish and Mexican
bullfights, in Calgary
Stampede rodeos,
in Kentucky barn fires
and NJ horseracing
accidents,
the tripwiring of movie
horses is now a rare thing
because of him.

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PHALAPHILIA

He believed in phalaphilia
and was therefore a phalaphile
and it pleased him immensely
he need not follow in single file

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BUBBLES RISE

Rain drops fall
and bubbles rise
Some tides ebb
Others flow
Some to
Some fro
Each with
his own
way to go

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IN FORMATION

Iconoclasts do not like
to fly in formation.
God's truth inside is
higher than
external information

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CHICKENS UNITED

Herbert Hoover said
a chicken in every pot.
Chickens United Against
Human Chauvinism and
Repressive Drug Laws say
pot for every chicken

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CAN ONE SNUFF THE STARS?

Can one snuff the stars
or shoot the sun?
Can one kill God? the
universally indwelling Sun?
Tiny clouds and even moon
sometimes veil the sun
yet no 'sin' is mortal
All reside in Lasting Light
All Live in Love Immortal.

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NO FISHING

'No fishing allowed'
said the fish outloud.

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POSTER OF COW ON BLACKBOARD

The Home Ec teacher put on
the board
a poster of a cow.
She was full of dotted lines
.. she had been drawn and quartered
on paper..
into steaks and chops..
objectified
drawn and quartered
crucified.

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ARCHANGEL OF THE MOST REVILED

Perhaps it was first said
by kind Dr Haynes
that Emma will give you
blood out of her veins

When others say 'no
room in the inn'
Emma's sure to say
'why do come in'

When others say
'impossible'
Emma always says
'I can'

She forgives the most
angry roars
because she sees
the painful scars
Her geiger counter finds
hearts cut in twain by pain.

She the first to say
'they know not what they do'
Everytime she gave
away
her kind heart it grew.

She knows that broken
souls derailed from the tracks
warm with the fire coming
through their big heart cracks.

Befriender of the 13th fairy
not invited to the ball
Loves the leper, the pariah
.. the ostracized.. the blackballed

Treats the suffering
as her own child
She's the archangel
of
the most reviled

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DEMOCRATIC ELMS

In the realm
of democratic elms
none is asked
to take the helm

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WINDBROOMS

From stony places
the dandelion down
is swept aloft
by the wind's brooms

to welcoming lands
with much more room
where their looms
can weave new blooms

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IT COULD BE WORSE

Hans Christian Andersen was
arrested.
Sally Hemings, defacto first lady,
   was countless times humiliated.
Handel was nearly thrown in
debtor's prison. Dickens' parents
were.
Elizabeth McAllister was sent to jail
  for nonviolent civil disobedience.
The avatar Krishna was born
in jail.
Jesus was born in a stable.
Martin Luther King was kicked
stabbed beat and finally shot
as was Gandhi.
7 million are in jail in the US,
  millions for smoking pot

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ONE NEED NOT BE AN ICONOCLAST

One need not smash statues
or be an iconoclast.
Spring will melt the castle
icebergs
.. whose spires were formed
by winter's blasts.

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NOT 17

Who says haiku have to be 17 syllables
in 3 lines..
As plants break the rigid form of
ceramic vases as they grow..
so should haiku more freely flow
.. after all.. 17 is an 8 vibration
.. not the highest
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WHEN I HUNTED

I was given a glimpse into a past life in which I was a Native American male,
crouching in the woods silently watching a white hunting party go by. A
13 year old boy was in their company, dressed in girls' garb.. I was gifted
immediately with the knowledge that he was clothed that way because he did not
want to kill animals.

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VOW OF OBEDIENCE

Some who take monastic vows

are required to take vows of poverty,

chastity and obedience. Others want

no intermediary between themselves

and their consciences.

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PEACH AND PEAR

God does not
require the pear
tree to create
purple fruit
nor the peach tree
to make pears
from the rain
through the roots

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PSYCHIC

Everyone has God inside and to greater or lesser

degrees all are psychic in different ways.

Ssome
can read minds.. others have precognitive dreams
or have visions or hear words.. still others can peruse the akashic records or go into trance or read auras or tell
people where their lost pet is

ARCHANGEL OF THE MOST REVILED
BORODIN
BUBBLES RISE
CAN ONE SNUFF THE STARS?
CHICKENS UNITED
DEMOCRATIC ELMS
EAST WOOD
IN FORMATION
IT COULD BE WORSE
NO FISHING
NOT IN CHAOTIC SHARDS
NOT SEVENTEEN
ONE NEED NOT BE AN ICONOCLAST

PEACH AND PEAR
PHALAPHILIA
POSTER OF COW ON BLACKBOARD

PSYCHIC
THE RYE GROWS AWRY

VOW OF OBEDIENCE
WHEN I HUNTED
WINDBROOMS
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* Emma Pride Wood before she left her body spent a life cooking free vegan dinners for those incarcerated ..
* S A Grafio said broken souls warm you with the light
through the cracks