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SUN MOON AND STARS

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When we were children,
we thought
our father was the gold sun,
and our mother the silver moon.
Not til earth set and
turned away from his sun, did we see
she was all the diamond stars.

(to our mother and to yours)

PERFECT RELEASE

Mother carrying child, may your birth be as easy and without fear
as a bubbleblower stick releasing its sphere,
as the full moon rising out of the eastern sea,
as a low branch of the pear tree dropping her present
          into a nest of tall grass.

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ONE FATHER'S STORY

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7 children
disbarred by KKK judges
  before the Great War
Parkinson's
bankruptcy

during hours of despair
arms trembling he
playing solitaire

as God smashed
his dreamhouse of cards

greathearted
laughing conscious Buddha..
who need have no earthwins
to ignite
others' light

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FATHER'S LAP

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Like little children
crawling joyfully
on a father's lap
trustingly do
tendrils of the vine

reach out toward a fat
tree trunk of olive
ready to make grapes
of the earth of olivine

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STATUES OF NONLIBERTY

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Many mothers
and every tree
are statues of
nonliberty
.. rooted
by
their nurturing love

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(to NL)

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OUR PARENTS

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They told each of us
we were their favorite..
and they told the truth
for they gave their all
to each
and sacrificed their
life for each

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OERHOVERER

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You are the nectar
the hummingbird the clover.
You are the bloom, the
bee, the Oerhoverer.
You are the beloved
the Love and the Lover.

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(to our mother)

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MY SISTER

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My sister: helicopter
rescue carrier
floating in sea that others
may fly
My sister the mother bird
restrained
by nestlings
teaching them to
soar in the sky
My sister the lake
remaining in quarry
that thirsty babies
may come to drink
My sister the guru with eyes
so starry
carrying more weight that
others not sink.

My sister the last to leave the ship
making sure that all others are safe
My sister the Statue of Liberty
taking all weary all starving heart waifs
My sister the flower
who blooms where she's planted
that lonely bees may come to sup
My sister the gentle ear
which listens
and gives of her heart's
always full loving cup

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(to N)

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BABY BIRD OF HIS HEART

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God entrusted
the baby bird of his heart
into the nest of his mother's
hands coupling

that with each beat
of her heartdrum she repeat
his name
and make of her nested
hands a cup ling

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DESTINY'S MOTHER

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Destiny's sire
is desire.
Destiny's mother
is heartfire.
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TEACHER STARS

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Clouds of emotion
have blown away
One sees and hears
the teacher stars

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FOR CALVES ALONE

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Cows' milk God
made for calves
The udders
of the mudders
for their babes alone
and the little calf
considers it an elixir
when he receives
mother's love
as he licks her

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ANATIFEROUS

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Oh anatiferous
mother duck
her presence
is ever
to her babies good luck

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DROUPADI MOTHER

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She gave birth to many children
and had a paralyzed husband
.. so for 5 decades
her day began at 5 and
ended at midnight

She was delirious
with a preoperation
medication
and said to her
daughter

' fill all their plates
and then we can relax'
and her daughter's
heart ached at
the reminder of how
hard her mother
worked

(Droupadi:
Arjuna's wife.. was given
an Akshaya Patra.. a vessel
which filled daily with
food for thousands..
Droupadi always ate
last because after she
ate it would empty
for the night)

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TIDE POOLS

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Her tide pool eyes
full of Spirit spillover

(to Eva Rohner)

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SLIPPING THE BODY'S BONDS

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Each takes a hand of spirit
as
I slip sometimes
the body's bonds at night
and go flying with my parents
until the first light..

MICE

Mother mice patiently weaving
such soft nests for their
babies.. out of harsh paper

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CONCEIVED IN POPPIES

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It bothered not the puppy
that he never knew his pappy
by whose agency he was conceived
in the bright field of poppies

After all, God was his father

ROBIN'S EGG BLUE

In the robin there is
no
robin's egg blue
but she is able to
capture the sky
and shellshield
her babies
with its hue

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KNITTING FATHER

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He felt the war
was waged against
the will of both
the agressor and victim
nation's people..
nevertheless he wrote
his son every day,
with each penned word
knitting a blanket
of protection for him
and his peers

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COTTAGE ROSE

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Through the windows
of the stone cottage
.. shining as lamps
..flows the soft light
into the petals of
the roses climbing
there..
like the sun glowing
in the stained glass
of a church
.. like love pouring
from the heart
and then through the eyes
of a beautiful face

(to Jan P)

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UNERRANT

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It seemed apparent
to the nervous parent
that his son's destiny
was as an arrow errant..

but time proved otherwise.

(to a friend of ours)

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ALWAYS ONE WITH THE FATHER

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Never do green spears of
corn
their quickening parental
sunlight scorn

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LIFT ME UP FATHER

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Lift me up, Father,
says the little boy in his
crib.. raising his arms
with his plea.
Lift me up, Father
says the old woman
in her home.. raising
her arms to her God.

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ABANDONED

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The mother who had given
all
to her children ingrates
rested in a nursing home..
they did not call
... she prayed for heaven's gate

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MOON SWADDLING

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Moonlight covered newborn
baby seals with swaddling..
but threads of her soft beams
were given by the sun's bright gleam.

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UNBURDENED TREE

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Like Durga's many arms
are the strong branches of the
oak.
He hosts the flock of birds.
Their weight to him is no burden.

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ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD

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Bird wings infold, dandelions uprolled, sunrays scrolled..
all's right with moon world.

Clouds unfold, waves unrolled, leaves unscrolled, horses foaled,
phlox flags unfurled.. all's right with sun's world

(to M and M Lytz... everything they touch grows)

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ON THE MORROW'S MORN

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On the morrow's morn
He was born
Of angel's' wings
was never shorn
Down a rainbow he did slide
Off gilded gleams
he did glide.
From comet tail he was sprinkled
Of the stars he
was the twinkle
Of God's cheek
he was the dimple
Of god's smile
he was the crinkle.
Out of softest cloud he slept
into mommy
while she slept
chose the purest of all mothers
Only she.. he'd have no other.
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(to Brandon B)

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BUBBLE BLOWING BIRTH

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Mother carrying child,
may your birth be as easy
and without fear
as a bubbleblower stick
releasing its sphere,
as the full moon rising
out of the eastern sea,
as a low branch of the pear tree
dropping her present
into a nest of tall grass.

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MOTHER SEAL MAGNET
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A rocky island

... wall to wall seals

.. among the thousands

the mother seal

knows her baby

from all the rest.

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-saiom shriver-

*Gaie Hudson has a mission to help expecting mothers shed
the programming that childbirth has to be painful.

ABANDONED
ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
ALWAYS ONE WITH THE FATHER
ANATIFEROUS
BABY BIRD OF HIS HEART
BUBBLE BLOWING BIRTH
CONCEIVED IN POPPIES
DESTINY'S MOTHER
DROUPADI'S MOTHER
FATHER'S LAP
FOR CALVES ALONE
LIFT ME UP FATHER
MICE

MOTHER SEAL MAGNET
MOON SWADDLING
MY SISTER
OERHOVERER
ON THE MORROW'S MORN
OUR FATHER'S STORY
OUR FATHER
PERFECT RELEASE
ROBIN'S EGG BLUE
SLIPPING THE BONDS OF EARTH
STATUES OF LIBERTY
SUN MOON AND STARS
TEACHER STARS
TIDE POOL
UNBURDENED TREE
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