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RANDOM POEMS 12 ***

WILL TO JOY

Out of the caged
parakeet songs to the sun trill
Out of the men on the chain gang
pain made music spills
How much more should the free
to spread cheer love and joy.... will

ILLUSORY EPITAPH

Are all gravestone epitaphs
reductionist insults
to the infinite love
once caged in that body..

Whether it was in bud form
or blooms full blown
it is love
which now is free

BEYOND THE BLACKBERRY BRIERS

Beyond the blackberry briars
which bar barristers
and the wild rose thorned barriers
do blackbirds upwing

(upwinger: a word from F M Esfandiary,
Persian poet)

FORGIVE BECAUSE

He forgave all when
he realized that all lines
of every human being actor
were written by the
Divine Playwright

(sparked by Sai Baba's line
'the actor who slapped you on stage
waits behind the curtain to
congratulate you on your performance')

IS NEARLY EVERY PEARL PURLOINED?

Untimely ripped from the cloisters
of most innocent oysters
is nearly every
pearl
purloined?
The oyster suffers when the
pearl is made
and suffers more when
his lots are divided amongst others..
his jewelry stolen
his flesh consumed.

UNDER COVER

May and Mother Earth has
gone under cover
hiding herself neath fields
of daisy and clover

THE SEA IS WAVING

The sea is waving.
Is it a hello or a goodbye?
It is up to each to decide.

HIVE OF MY HEART

In the hive of my heart, unstolen from bees, is stored my
infinite love for you.

LOVE NOT FORCE

Love not force rides the free horse

SOUNDS OF MANY WATERS

Rain drumming on the roof
but softly dripping
from the leaves
Frozen snow
soundless drops
Quiet the great river
flows near the sea.

Over stones the singing
brook
the waterfall's
constant roar
The lapping of the
boat rocked lake
Waves doing omkar
to the shore

(Baba said the waves
are ever engaged in omkar
or the repetition of Om))

WEAVER OF LEAVES

Oh God who weaves
evaporating leaves
and knits the mist
into fluffy clouds
rain now where
mercy calls for You
*
DAWN FRAMES

Dawn frames the ebony sky of night with
a pink fringe
*
CALLA LILY

Lovely leelas for every calla lily
has the Lord of Light
while the wind sings lullabies
to each lilac.. every eve and night

SOUND OF THE SEA

in the conch the sound of the sea
and endless pears contained in pear seed
in the tidal pool are caught the stars
in the eyes the light of God
*
NIGHT OUTS THE STARS

Night outs the stars. Each falls in love with his
own light, realizing he need no other.

WRITE'

One was a gifted playwright
Another performed
priestly rites
A third worked for
the underclass' rights
A fourth did
letters to prisoners write.

(to the extended family of
Jean and Joan Wright)

I CAN

In the heart of
everyone educated
by a Dominican
is the enfired spirit
of "I Can".

In the fires of
God's embrace
it is transmuted
to "I Will!" grace.