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DIVINE SEED PROTECTOR
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He makes tomato seeds
slippery beyond the
crunching teeth to slide
**
He clothes mango seeds
in saffron silk strands
that they discarded
catch the dew and
with life ignite
&
It is the design
of the all knowing Divine
to give maple seed
samaras
helicopter propellers
to take them far
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He gathers dandelion seed spears
into a snowy perfect sphere
that the wind may
blow them to all points away
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The almond he
bequeaths a hard shell
that it survive
January cold hells
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Cockleburs He created
to travel, sticking to clothes
which gave someone the idea
for adhesive velcro.
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The palm tree's coconuts
.. which might drop into the sea
He plasters with a hard husk
to guard inner coconut milk sea
*
and sends apple seeds unharmed
through the bodies of birds...
these seedstorks..
drop them into chimneylike
chutes in distant climes
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The seeds of buckeye and beech
which fall far and near the beach
.. have spokes to cling
to stable things.
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The seed inside
soft avocado
is hard and
incommunicado
until the tiruna
when it will delve
into the earth
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He seeps sap out of
female pinecones
to attract male pine cone
pollen to the cone throne
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Black watermelon seeds
He packs in pink satin
along with captured stormdrops
that they both quench human thirst
and nurse the seeds.
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He hangs at the top
of the pepper belfry
the white pepper bell chimes
that they not be harmed
at salad time
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The black walnut He wraps
Around its girth
With a moist nursing green rind
Until it is rooted in Mother Earth
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Genetic researchers
have removed
seeds of the lime.
May angels put them
back..
and reverse the crime.
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Unlike the peachpit
hard as granite
soft and sweet are
seeds of the pomegranate...
Their ruby juiced beauty
multiplies them.
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And the tiny acorn which
will be the millennial towering oak
... He makes it roll
away from human control
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But in divine compassion
he weaves inaide cornhusks
the light of dusk
revealing corngold
easily unsheathable
for humans and crows
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(to CR and TK)

 

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SPRING LEAVES

 

 

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NOT PARSING PARSLEY

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Those who work for plant rights
don’t parse parsley nor bomb poppies
nor purchase antipeople papers.
They plant papayas and pluck peppers
and pick pumpkins and podded peas.
They are not of hierarchical pulpits
but help Mother Earth's population
while the sun
grows papal poplars

Footnote: Those of us who grew up eating animal

flesh with its dulling layers of animal fat

were often unaware that plants had feelings.

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UNTIMELY RIPPED

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From his womb of Mother Earth
the carrot was untimely ripped
One who made God grow in squares
heard hedges ‘ouch’ as they were clipped.
Turnip rudely awakened from sleep
from his skin was painfully snipped.
Potatoes peacefully growing in earth
were evicted and cut and then they were whipped.
Because they thought him commoner born
dandelion’s merrygold head was nipped.
Then his body for greens was vivisected
and green blood slowly from him dripped.
Broccoli dancing in sunlight was beheaded
and then of her own life she was gypped
To faraway places she was shipped
and soup of her essence others sipped.
Celery was talking on the root phone
when by human hand her throat was gripped.
When these souls of their plant forms stripped
into the sun of themselves they dipped
Their bodies they found were simply the crypt
Now out of their bodies to God they slipped.
Now He is writing a kinder script.

(to plant protector John Ross)

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CHANDRA BOSE

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Many know that birds are conscious
as in the sky they are joyfully wheeling
but Chandra knew before most others
that plants though rooted do have feelings.

(The feeling, the sentience of plants has been proven in laboratories many
times.
Chandra Bose, inventor of the radio which he demonstrated in Calcutta in 1894,
before Marconi or Tesla (see MIT.edu website)
was also knighted by Queen Victoria for proving plant feelings with a
crescograph machine)

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PROMISCUOUS TREE

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Was she
a promiscuous tree..
that
the initials of so
many lovers
are cruelly carved
into her bark

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HIS PROJECTED PROMISE

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Overarcing the entire sky
..a 7 hued rainbow..
gate of heaven
.. we, rainbow catchers,
stand between the brilliant
setting sun and His projected
Promise

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MAYA FRACTURES THE ONE

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sliding down
a waterfall.. a ball of amber
the brain processes the color
shape and motion
in 3 different chambers

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MORTMAIN

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an event of mortmain...
.. from the crabclaw
the dead hand
he made an anaphylactic poison
masked as a heartattack
to take his foe's soul
to a disembodied land

and then stuck the body
in the refrigerated boxcar
of a moving train
and then stuck the body
in the refrigerated boxcar
of a moving train

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WHAT IS A WEED?

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A volunteer
full of jade cheer.
for birds creating
berries and seeds
summoning rain
by creating dew beads
greening the world
is one of her deeds
When she's cut
with green does she bleed.
Making oxygen for all
is one of her creeds.
One by one her peers
have deserts freed.

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WAVE CRISIS

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the waves crash against
the rocks..
turning water into mist
.. as a crisis
turns the protagonist
.. into a mystic

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MAD COW MARSHMALLOWS

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avoid mad cow
marshmallows
and fries cooked
in cow tallow
and in so doing
save innocents
from slaughterhouse gallows

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SQUID INK

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The squid ink of a war imbedded journalist

is not meant to clarify
but to obscure in dark clouds.

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DESIRE

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One tiny cloud wisp
can block the infinite sun
One weak link.. can destroy
a 10,000 link chain
One open door.. can
give access to all the fortress

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FLOW FINDS A WAY

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Over the blocks
of piles of rocks
the river finds a way
Around the walls
of money lack
.. money flow finds a way
Through the most dense
barriers,
Spirit finds a way.

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ECOTERRORIST CROPDUSTERS

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Ecoterrorist cropdusters
snuff butterfly lustre.
Of a different kind of gold
they are the lusters.

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WINDBREATH

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The wind does
the yoga of breath control
because when she
has no control
the result is hurricane
typhoon
and highwaves' roll

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SUNNY YELLOW

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Is the sunny yellow
of the lemonrind
in the lemonwood seen?

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DAHLIA MANDALA

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The dahlia mandalas
strung with bee
japamalas

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NEPHROPOLIS

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he no longer made
a necropolis
of the cells of
his nephropolis

(necropolis
.. city of the dead
or cemetery
nephropolis..
..nephros.. kidney)
(uric acid in flesh
is toxic to kidneys)

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ESCORT

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He feared his escort
death..
until he awoke
in a more spacious
and sunfilled
room..
in the castle of joy

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RIPARIAN FLUTES

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The reeds sing and talk
through their flute stalks

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DANCING FIRE

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Mercury no longer
criticizes
the oak
for not rolling
around in her leafy cloak
Ocean waves no longer
chide the mountain
for his fidelity
Dancing fire
now respects
the meditating yogi

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VOICE OF ONE

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Capricorn sooner or later
transcends
blind obedience to
external authority
..to listen to
the inner Voice of God
a Voice of Only One
Which holds the Majority

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BROKEN PROMISES
NEVER MEANT TO BE KEPT

*

In Philadelphia
and Milwaukee
St Louis
and Vermilion
they know the GOP
promised 6 million
new jobs
and is now behind
7 million.

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OMKAR

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said the father to his son
why are you oming
in Laramie
Wyoming

repeat Omaha
several times
.. it becomes
Maha Om

(maha Om: great Om..
the Sanskrit seed syllable
Om is the root of all Sanskrit
while Sanskrit is the mother
of all language..
'more copious than Greek
more perfect than Latin
more exquisitely refined
than either'

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PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONIST

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She saw a partial birth abortionist
on tv..
an American pilot
who had dropped a
daisy cutterbomb on an Afghan
pregnant woman.

a CACI interrogater

at Abu Ghraib

who killed the man
in his custody..
when his wife
was told..
she miscarried

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TOLSTOY

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Sooner or later
the nonviolence of
Jesus through Leo Tolstoy
to Mahatma Gandhi
will ignite every Russian
soul..
whether embodied
or in spirit
.. every Lenin Tchaikovsky
Brezhnev and Rasputin
every Khodorovsky
every Putin

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COUNTERPOINT

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Nazi bombs
genocidal
foiled by
classical
recitals

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USEFUL THORN

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The vedas say
a thorn can remove a thorn
Buddhists say
we become that which we focus on
In fighting monsters do we become monsters?
or are we suns whose nonviolent
rays
kill dracula?

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DOI

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While DOI
has allowed forest razing,
federal land cattle grazing
the brass have fostered
Marine recruit hazing

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(Note: The bush administration gave DOI

administration over parts of Abu Ghraib?!)

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SPELLING BEE

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Shark billionaire capitalism
is like a spelling bee
with 1000 contestants
999 broken hearts
and only 1 winner.

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SATANIC CADEUCIS

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Smoke from the mower
swirls around barbecue
charcoal and burning flesh
fumes.. together they
spiral up in the sky

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CHANGING WORLD

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The children of Bucharest
see all as shrines of Eucharist.
And children know in Budapest
that none by Buddha
are termed pests.

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BABY FLIES

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There are 10 million
poems about
caterpillars' change
to butterflies
but few of
the worms.. the baby flies
who take wing
and fly to sky.

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BARS ONE AT A TIME

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Sometimes
the bars of life's cage
are removed 1 at a time..
appetite, sight, hearing,
energy, memory,
concentration, beauty,
family members.. the soul
is mournful..until the
bird of spirit finds
herself free

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WIDOW NO MORE

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Queen Christina left her
throne.. though each subject
in her kingdom
called to her..
.. for her love..
as a mother leaves her
children and other loved ones
to rejoin her husband who
has left his body

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GIFTS OF THE VINE

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Approach the
trellised shrine
and she will
give you
gifts from her vine

(tomatoes are a fruit
like squash, cucumbers, peas, beans,
pumpkins and other gifts of
the vine)

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SEMANTICS

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The sign said 'spare ribs'
and we wondered what
genetically deformed
pig had ribs to spare

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RESURRECTED WINTER

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Winter fears
the arrival
of Spring
his rival
.. teardrops slowly fall
from his
icicle eyelashes
..
and then
the truth slowly dawns
.. that he himself is Spring

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VEGETARIAN ARMENIA

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They no longer
fear anemia
in ancient
Armenia..

(b12 for vegans
is hydroxylcobalamin
.. more efficient than
nonveg and dairy veg
cyanocobalamin
as evidenced by
more red blood
cells per cc
for vegans..
phlebotomist
nurses comment
on the more purple
cells of vegans)

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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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RICHARD NIXON

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Why worry if the
fleas bite us.
It reduces cholesterol
and cures our
phlebitis.

(Not an endorsement
of his Vietnam
Cambodia or economic
policies)

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PLEA TO SATURN

"Job: canst thou loose the
belt of Orion?"

saturn, we ask you to
loosen a few notches
your tight yoke
that the beings of
the world may know
more joy

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KARIOKE

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in the evening they
gather to sing karioke
and speak of the
sweep as Kerry
carries Okies

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BABYBOOMERS

(

Vegan
baby boomers
avoid the rumors
of new tumors

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BLUE EYED PEACE

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Black Eyed Sun
connected faster
to her own Black Eyed
Peace
..when near
his Blue Eyed
Soul

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BLOOM AND BEE ARE ONE

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A little pod
of goldenrod
her gold flag
partly unfurled
.. and part
toward her
inner God was
curled
..
along came
a bee
an unusually
faithful
bee
with thoughts
for no other flowers
nor his queen

the bloom
and the bee
became one
and were married
by the sun

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3600TH REMINDER TO MYSELF

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Whether one is
O or A or B positive
.. a lesson from
the bee positive
.. don't like
flies chase dung
.. but only nectar
thoughts:
be positive

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HERE I STAND

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War profiteers said
that in refusing anymore to be part of calling
in fire on children or burning the huts of the aged
or shooting water buffalos
or removing
his own palms
from containers of napalm
burning palms
Kerry gave aid and comfort to
the enemy. The truth
is: Kerry shortened the war

http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org

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STATUES

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Statues of white male
generals seated on
the horses they abused..
sit in parks
Flocks of birds fly overhead
give their opinions..
with splats

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WIPE THE CHALICE

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I shall wipe
the chalice of
my mind
that it not
pollute the thoughts
of God.
I shall cleanse
the altar of my heart
.. and air
out the shrine
of my soul
that the Divine Lover
indwelling all beings
be able to breathe.

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GOLD LIGHT

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What is the word
for the radiant lambent
light of evening
which paints
everything
in gold acceptance?

(crepuscular does not sound like the
right word for a different phenomenon:
the parallel bars of light from the sun)

John Kerry:
our love for America far outshone the darkness of those who hate us.

Tony Demark:
... Buddha's fingers. Sun drawing water. Ropes of Maui: crepuscular rays. (the parallel bars of victorious light
seen through mammon generated clouds)

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EFFORTLESS SPINNING

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With the oaks and maples
the fir trees do not spar
as toward heaven point
their treetop spears.
Beneath them
dandelions crowned by
spores grow by grass spires
needing no spur iin jadespinning
as to grow bigger they aspire.

(to Luke L)

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THISTLE EPISTLES

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What are the Thistle's Epistles?
Merely let go of your seeds
and the wind will scatter them
the rain will enkindle them
the sun will lift them

(to Sue and Jack M)

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SILENT SERMON OF THE SEA

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What is the silent sermon
of the sea
she bequeaths to each mermaid and merman
she in seaweed wreathes.
What is her legacy
in each leg of the sea?
Accept all lonely rivers..
Don't strive.. just be
Offer your self to God the Sun
Be at peace beneath
gulls' staccato shrieks.

(to kind sealoving
WHO Sr.)

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CORN  EARS

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Marc Antony asked the
crowd to lend him an ear..
(Perhaps Van Gogh took
this too literally.)
and the corn responded.
She grew on cobs
she grew on curbs
and like a healing listener
she did not lend but
gave her ears.

(to Mimi, a saint since she was 2)

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WANDERING JEW

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Wandering Jew..
purple tendrils
reaching always
growing all ways

and in the direct
sun's ultraviolet
leaves to metallic green
from sweet violet...
... out of Mother Earth's slime
come miracled lavender and lime

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TREES CAN'T SCREAM 3

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Trees can't scream

when axers scheme

to spill their green

blood in a stream.

-saiom shriver-

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3600TH REMINDER TO MYSELF
BLUEEYED PEACE
BABY FLIES
BABYBOOMERS
BARS ONE AT A TIME
BLOOM AND BEE ARE ONE
BROKEN PROMISES
CHANDRA BOSE
CHANGING WORLD
CORN EARS
COUNTERPOINT
DAHLIA MANDALA
DANCE OF FIRE
DESIRE
DIVINE SEED PROTECTOR
DROUPADI MOTHER
ECOTERRORIST CROPDUSTERS
EFFORTLESS SPINNING
ESCORT
FLOW FINDS A WAY
GIFTS OF THE VINE
GOLD LIGHT
HERE I STAND
HIS PROJECTED PROMISE
KARIOKE
MAD COW MARSHMALLOWS
MAYA FRACTURES THE ONE
MORTMAIN
NEPHROPOLIS
NOT PARSING PARSLEY
OMKAR
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONIST
PLEA TO SATURN
PROMISCUOUS TREE
RESURRECTED WINTER
RICHARD NIXON
RIPARIAN FLUTES
SATANIC CADEUCIS
SEMANTICS
SERMON OF THE SEA
SPELLING BEE

SPRING LEAVES
SQUID INK
STATUES
SUNNY YELLOW
THISTLE EPISTLES
TOLSTOY

TREES CAN't SCREAM 3
UNTIMELY RIPPED
VEGETARIAN ARMENIA
VINE OF WANDERING JEW
VOICE OF ONE
WAVE CRISIS
WHAT IS A WEED
WIDOW NO MORE
WINDBREATH
WIPE THE CHALICE

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-saiom shriver-