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RANDOM POEMS 4 ....
SNOWMEN UNASSEMBLED
"Snowmen drop unassembled from the sky" *
some created by sculpting child's play
.. their life models men frozen into cruelty by
pain
*(said the anonymous email..)
HIS PHILTER
*
All he knew were by
him filtered,,,
through
his soul
by divine love philtered
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INKLINGS OF EVENING
*
Of evening's first
lavender ink
are soft inklings
A gentle breeze
strums the wind chimes
into tinkling.
*
SENATOR ROBERT BYRD
*
Carried a heart burden
Senator Byrd
for all soldiers
and for factory
farmed birds..
*
(Senator Byrd was a courageous opponent
of the illegal wars of the US)
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VANQUISHED WINTER
*
The apple blossoms
waved their
surrender white flags
to winter..
he ignored their
pleas as he dispatched
frost..
but now the fruit of
the heavily laden
tree
proclaims her victory*
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https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/on_the_highway_of_death
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HUMBLE SWORD RIVER
Towering granite mountains
cut by the river..
humble living silver sword..
staying not for victory...
flowing on until into the
sea she poured
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A HOLY BIRTHPLACE OF AA
The Gate House in Akron, Ohio
on North Portage Path,
where Bill W first met
Dr Bob..after being introduced
by Henrietta Seiberling...(they talked
all night..) and then with him
founded Alcoholics Anonymous..
is on a north south continental
divide... raindrops falling
on 1 side... flow toward Canada
and the St Lawrence..
on the other side.. they flow
toward the Ohio, Mississippi
and Gulf of Mexico.
NO ANIMALS LOVED
Landlords' leases often say 'no animals'
but they do not mean by that the frozen dismembered
corpse pieces of cows and chickens in the freezer
the restaurant sign says 'no animals allowed'
... (except on the grill and on the plate)
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HOUSE PAINTERS
painters who respect
the nests of wasps
and the right of ivy
to cling..
do not incur bad karma
*
HACKER NOT GARDENER?
One who mows down green grass blades
one who 'prunes' bushes
one who rips out plants
is not a gardener but a hacker?
who kills the green
.. God grows
*
MOON RESCUE
he thought the moon
was drowning underwater..
he dove in
so great was his faith..
he ascended with her in his
dripping hand
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WRITING ON WATER
Those who attempted to
colonize Vietnam
have written on water.
(DPB: Vietnamese trees grow up through the abandoned rusting
shells of tanks..
one sees in Vietnam the highwater mark of an empire.).
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YOSEMITE
the man thought
Yosemite
was a Hebrew
mantra
*
WRAPPED IN RIBBONS OF LIGHT
The Buddhist
gave his friend
a Christmas gift
..a present in wrapping
of maya, with
dawnribbons of streaming
light..
inside was nothing..
the void which births
all wishes
the emptiness containing
all
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VAGRANTS?
Whether or not
they pour fragrance
or bloom outside
with scofflaw flagrance
or can be exploited
by human plant rapists
..the weeds by GOD
are not seen as vagrants
*
UNPRUNED PLUMS
The plum tree
he does not prune
for unpruned trees
create most prunes
*
LILLIPUTIAN
Many are
the threads Lilliputian
which bind Gullivers
like Xi Jinping and Erdogan
Biden
and Putin
Yet one finds
that most places
God has
many lilies put in
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND
RED ALL OVER?
an embarrassed zebra?
a socialist magazine?
the Prussian flag?
an alcoholic referee?*
a sunburnt nun**
a skunk whose paw is caught in a trap
a baby seal black eyes and
white fur.. after his skull
was spiked with a hakapik
on the Canadian ice.
(re ads for fur)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/style/peta-fashion.html
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PLANTS LOVE FRUITARIANS
plants prefer
one use the sickle
after the frost
has stilled life's tickle
and
pain is quieted
by icicles
*
WAITING NO LONGER
a silent saint
slipped into love's
unembodied sea
.. without funeral
fanfare
... she had when the woods
were with October on
fire..
married her beloved..
and she returned to him
when the woods in October
were on fire
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UNIV OF ILLINOIS VETS
The University of Illinois
veterinarians put the pig
on their examination table..
not like Hippocrates to heal
but like Hansel and Gretel's
witch..
to measure
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WITCH BROOMS
Witch brooms are harsh
and harm bugs ..
they are not soft
like Buddhist monks' feather brooms
They sweep as they weave chants
on invisibile prayer wheel looms
*
PARADISE UNFOLDING
With global warming
the fruit trees of Iberia
and the sun of Liberia
are awakening paradise
in Siberia.
*
SILENT ONE
They do not to
speakers give ear
It is the words of nonspeakers
they wish to hear.
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SCOLDING SQUIRREL
Scolding squirrel..
do not fear..
the oak tree planters
will leave many
acorns for you.
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CAMEL APPROACHING EYE
OF NEEDLE
As the church standards
at St Paul's Episcopal
must be lowered
in order to enter
the sanctuary
so the flags kidnapped
by the forces of war profiteering
violence must be lowered
to enter the halls of God.
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OMNIPRESENCE
When she was a little
girl her father told
her there was no Santa
Claus. When her father died
she for a short time
believed that there was no
Santa Claus..
but as water pours through
many mouths in an Italian
fountain..
so the Spirit of Giving
is omnipresent.
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BE STILL AND KNOW THAT
YOU ARE GOD
The choppy seas of
grief had fractured
the reflected sun into
1 million pieces..
but quietness has
stilled the image
and restored the one
peace.
The Sun
is One.
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COLD BENCH
*
Some kill drug crazed
or
in depressive grays
or in black hate
or in grips of green jealousy
or in redhot hot rage
but judges kill more coldly
than anyone else...
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PRO EXECUTION CANDIDATE
He was a profiteer
of prison privatization..
Prison professionals
and parole board parrots
contributed to his
PR propaganda
ANNOYED BY MERCENARIES
When warmonger politicans
a babyboomer rang
it turned out to be
a boomerang
FLIGHT
A feathergowned crane
flies through the forest
like Cinderella
fleeing the ball
CURLED SEA
The sea is curled where
baby waves roll
to the shore
PURPLE NECKLACE
Grape vine weaving
strings of beads
.. purple necklace
.. from Mother's
greenleafed lace
and Sun Father's
grace
HEALING WATERS
In water's
accepting reflection
the winter branch
quickens and quivers with life
and though the pond
is earthbound
she mirrors
the fire of the sky
on her surface is
a pink path
to a pink full moon..
.. the waves
break it into steps
Elsewhere
the waterfalls'
foaming stairs
to the external observer
seem full of crisis
but are in reality
energy flow
joy
GENEROUS CAMELS
The camels gave some
of their carafes
to the desertcrossing
thirsty giraffes
STOP THE TRAIN
Hawks are 5 year olds at the wheel
of the runaway train of government
FLU VACCINE OBSOLESCENCE
like an attender at
a David Bowie concert,
aping his last year's outfits,
flu vaccines
are always obsolete
GODGRANTED PERMISSION
conscientious objectors
had God's permission
to withdraw
from war profiteers'
suicide mission
TORAH
from WW2's
Tora Tora
to the CIA
operation in
Tora Bora
..the nonviolent avoid war
because of the Bible
the Gita the Torah
UNCLOTTED CAROTIDS
when he became
a vegan
his arteries carotid
became unclotted
LEAF LOVE LACE
Mr Lovelace
in January felt loveless
yet in spring his love appeared
with April's leafy love lace
COCOONING THE CONES
Grass grows over the
pine babies..
cocooning the cones
with a winter's nest
for their gentle rest
GIRIDHAR
The hearts of
the people of India
weave the wings
of Garuda
on which
peace is
borne to victory.
(Giridhar: Avatar
holding a mountain over
humans in a violent rainstorm
to keep them dry...
Garuda.. bird who gives rides
to avatar)
BOMBING AND ENBALMING
When children are cremated
by our tax supported bombing
their bodies' ashes do
not require enbalming
CHILDREN OF WAR
In our city are 2 of the Vietnamese children injured by US bombs... They
came to America and grew up.
One recently gave birth though wheelchair ridden and without legs all her
life...
The 2nd had 1/3 of her jaw blown off and has been trapped in
waitress jobs.
A third victim is Kim Phuc. the little Vietnamese girl whose clothes were burned
off her body by napalm when she was 9 years old, who ran until
pain and thirst stopped her. When she stopped a kind American
soldier poured water on her burns, but the steam only cooked
them further. In the pain, she lost consciousness. She had 14 months in the
hospital and 17 operations, with burns over 35% of her body.
FRUIT OF THE VINE
Genesis One Twenty Nine
is God's design
to eat fruit of the
tree
and the plant and the vine.
OMNIPRESENCE
"The sun is stalking me.."
projected Dracula
onto the omnipresent
Divinity
BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS
May God keep from the woods
those armed with uzzis
so that others may rest outside
in their jacuzzis
KIND PEOPLE
Fewer who live in
Duxbury
do in their bellies
dead ducks bury
*
PAPAYAS PEPPERS AND PEAPODS
Near the papal poplars, grow papaya and pepper,
while peapickers pluck peapods
THE MIRROR
the mirror shows a different face to
each of 1000 passers by
.. some call her flighty
or fickle
but she shows only
the passing reality
MOTHER'S HANDS
Her toddler
holds the mother's
finger
Her husband
holds her hand.
UNCOUNTABLE
If we had a peace Senate
it would
hold war profiteers accountable
while massive antiwar crowds
are totally uncountable
DARK HALLOWEEN NIGHT
Dark tricks done by the GOP
on a
dark night in Halloween
to disenfranchise Democrats
Socialists Libertarians and Greens
(Change the election date
to a full weekend)
HAWAII
Sparkling
in the sea
..of waters deep royal blue
near shore's waters aqua blue
Is the jewel of Hawaii.. whose people
.. ever vote blue
AMERICAN EAGLE
HAS MAD BIRD DISEASE
The American eagle has Mad Bird Disease
The American eagle has avian spongiform encephalopathy
from feasting on the corpses of Iraqi children
from devouring the rotting bodies of 4 million Vietnamese war dead
from eating the napalm burned flesh of Colombian dead animals
from the food of death:
the firebombing of civilians in Dresden and Cologne
the firebombing of Tokyo
the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the Cambodian campaign
the Korean War with 3 million? dead
the Highway of Death 250,000 dead
the Iraq invasion 100,000 dead
the bombing of Libya and Colombia
the violence to Grenada and El Salvador
He can be saved only if he fasts forever from the food of murder
SNOWFLAKES.. CLOUDS.. LEAVES
Snowflake forms vanish in seconds
Cloud shapes are rained away
.. in a matter of days
The leaves fall after a season
Perhaps chickens have two seasons
.. enslaved dairy cows a few more
Now young men shed the gloves
of their bodies in Afghanistan far
before their time..
KURMESHWARA
Kurmeshwara
Kameshwara
Karmeshwara
Lord of Turtles, Controller of Desire, God of Karma
BAPTISM
He needed no baptism
of oil's chrism
or the Word's
catechism
... or Fire's prisms
or water: healer
of schisms
He needed only
to be baptized
in the blue light
of his own third eye
PINK HERALD
With all its might
arrayed is night
yet one dawn streak slight
heralds the inevitable
victory of day light
NO DOCTOR NO SIR
Doctor implies that someone is entitled
to special consideration for having
gone to school for 3 or 4 extra years
while Sir implies special consideration
for having been born of rich parents
HAWKS
They were not conservatives or democrats
but imperialists
running up trillions
in debt..reverse Robin Hoods stealing from the poor
to give to the rich
while bombing babies in illegal
wars around the world.
TREE TREASURE TROVES
Goddesigned tree treasure troves
give endlessly from olive groves..
TEACHER
God hunts the hunters
God traps the trappers
God tortures lab vivisectors
God bombs the bombers
ANCHOR
Off the coast
far from
Ankara
the ship did cast
its anchor
and the sound of the waves slapping
against the ship
took away the
woman's anger
PRAYER
O God You are at the beginning and end of every path
to You. You answer every name by which You are called.
You are Omnipresent and therefore You Indwell Every Being. No error
of ours is more than a cloud which sooner or later passes on,
revealing Your Light shining in us all.
WE ARE LOVE INCARNATE
Give all beings now the knowledge grace and desire to plug in to Your
currents of Love
Bring peace joy love nonviolence supply focus to all beings
now and forever.
Give victory to the peacemakers
in all elections who rely on Your word to pursue
spiritual solutions to conflict.. now and forever.
FAITHFULNESS
Now falling leaves
of many trees
goldstar the pine's
green fidelity
RELEASE
By dawn drawn
dandelion down
is falling down
falling down
PYONGYANG
May Pyongyang
find its
Pyongyin
PROTECTED BRAIN CELLS
Reborn
now Thackeray
avoids all daiquiris
and also any
paleo pawn quackery
*
(Research has shown
that vegetarians
and vegans have
virtually no alcoholism..
General Boorth of the Salvation
Army treated alcoholics with
vegetarian diet.. to sever
the mutual flesh-booze craving..
one highly yang.. the other
highly yin)
MELTING ICE
Spring does unroll
her ancient scrolls
beyond power of
winter's
cold control
SAD
Grateful
are the cattle
that they
did not wear
the saddle
and are not
minesniffers
in the battle
*
NERUDA WINGS
As Krishna is borne
on the wings of Garuda
so Spirit is borne
on the words of Pablo Neruda
*
OSU
Ohio State breaks
the spines of mice,
abuses
dogs, horses
primates
Ohio State
gives AIDS to cats
Ohio State
paralyzes rats
NIEMAN MARCUS
But still does
Nieman Marcus
sell shoes made of
cows' murdered carcass
MUCKRAKERS
Poor muckrakers must now
rake the muck
of GOP factory farms
begun for the bucks
NO LONGER A SHIELD
the oak tree mourned
that she could no
longer wear
the tiny pot
in which she
as a sapling grew
..
until she saw
the oak tree
next to her
A FEW SECONDS OF FREEDOM
Thousands of pheasants
they cage
and watch them as they
sadly age..
until 1 day they are scooped
up in nets..
suddenly there is release
suddenly a man them frees
.. for a few seconds
before the guns blaze away
.. men their feathers pluck
and their bodies freeze
UNIFIER
The divine Unifier
has in each being
ignited divine Fire
87p
2959 words
-saiom shriver-
