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RAINBOW ARROWS

Do the arrows of rain
come from the rain-bow?

OBEISANCE

Some demand
not only obedience
but in addition
obeisance.

HUMAN WATERMELONS

Some human beings
are like watermelons.
Their thick skins hide
the waters of
compassion inside.

BLOOM MENAGERIE

By the dogwood
the snapdragons don't snap
the tiger lilies don't pounce
the cowslips cause no cows to slip
the butterfly bush has no spiders
and the foxglove in a more gentle
world removes his gloves

WATERY WAKE

Raindrops
through pine branches
drip with luster
and leave in their
watery wake
long green pinecone clusters

GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS

Bullfights dogfights cockfights ...
Fewer sadistic humans arrange
animal fights
partly because of
growing consciousness
of animal rights

WIND DIRECTION

Knowing which way the wind
blows
the mother maple tree holds her
samaras .. her seeds
to keep them from the street

WILDFIRE OF WILDFLOWERS

A wildfire of wildflowers
sets the forest aflame
Glowing each in beauty
we know not their names

CREATURES CREATED

Is any Creature by
the Creator Created
unsacred?

Only the Holy can proceed
from the Holy

STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN

The qanun in Qatar
In Tennessee guitars
In India sitars

All can be
stairways to heaven
portals to the stars

-saiom shriver-
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