Saiom Shriver Poems

The criminal desperate for money mused
over counterfeiting, forgery,
teleportation, alchemy, treasure hunting,
perusing bank blueprints
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Held the dew
the concave buttercup
better than
the convex butternut
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Love makes a manger
of a desirefilled heart.
Ocean rocks are turned
to rookeries by the sea
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The Saimese
twins.........
entwined
... were cut in twain
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When a prosecutor on
the side of offense
marries a lawyer
for the defense
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As the surfer awaits the wave
and night watchmen the dawn
As the sail awaits the wind
and desert flowers the rain
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Honeybees protecting their
hives
die after giving humans
their sting.
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He was married many times..
to be exact.... eight
Was it kismet or folly...
having eight mates?
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Corporal punishment, the beating or striking of children with hand, belt, switch, hairbrush or other, is now banned in 39 countries. Such violence drives a child's anger underground, makes him or her distrust and fear parents, creates depression. It has in some cases caused death or permanent injury. Arson by juveniles is one effect of the hiding of their anger at being violated.

Fundamentalist Christians quoting 'spare the rod, spoil the child' are at odds with the limitless compassion of Jesus who said 'suffer the children to come unto me'.
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