Saiom Shriver Poems

Does the right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness
includes the right
to food clothing
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A woman was given a vision
of Santa Claus outfitting her
as Rudolph for his reindeer
driven sleigh. When he started
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Are we the only species
drinking the stolen milk
of an animal designed
to become 1000 pounds
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Michael Igor Peschkowsky was born in Germany in 1931, and came to the United States in 1938 with his family to escape from Nazi Germany. He could speak 2 phrases: 'I don't speak English' and 'Please don't kiss me.' reported NPR.

From his comic genius with Elaine May and his blazing talent as a Broadway director with 6 Tony awards to his searing political commentary in Charlie Wilson's War, Silkwood, Primary Colors, Catch 22, The Day Of The Dolphin, Heartburn etc., Nichols was a blazing star.
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Up come bubbles
in the divine scheme
from the granite's cracks
below the stream
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In the water
the wind-ed willow
traces her frond.
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No one is confined
by the cloistered
cluster of blazing
stars which
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Fellow poet,
your words flow
through my heart
leaving a sparkling
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