9 REVISED POEMS
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-saiom shriver-
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PURPLE VELVET THRONES
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The sentry stars watch from their purple velvet skied thrones
over a world of battlefields, slaughterhouses, starvation...
yet slowly earthbound souls are learning lessons
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DOES THE FROG CARE
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Does the frog care if his life was crushed by a sergeant-driven
tank or a major general's limousine?
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MERGING AND MARRIAGE
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Like egoless women not minding the loss
of a surnames when marrying
is the mighty Missouri merging so silently
with the Mississippi..
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CHARGING FOR WHAT GOD GAVE FREELY
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2 quarters and a dime
were the cost of a lime
Was it Monsanto or other who
stole the seeds from watermelons
and lime?
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RAINDROP CIRCLES
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Di raindrops make larger circles
in deeper and wider ponds
as gifts of grace have greater
impact on older souls.
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BRAVE CHEER
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one cheery gold dandeliion stuck his
head up over the fallen scarlet oak
leaves
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MUSHROOM PARASOLS
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mushroom parasols.. shelter
ants and beetles
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ART WILL BOW TO HEART
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Some flower arrangers
love to create monochrome splashes
of chrysanthemum color..
but is jamming a number of plants
together so that they cannot
stretch with new roots the way?
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UNSUNG PAINTING HEROES
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unsung heroes: those who paint
museum walls offwhite as background
that the beauty of multihued paintings
be 'framed in space'