Saiom Shriver Poems

JASMINE ATTAR

Creator of all petals
is the Avatar
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The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup-brimming buttercuplet
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In dawning daybreak so pure and still he opened the window
above the sill and the Sun of Love into room did spill
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SUN MOON AND STARS

When we were children,
we thought
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Ganesha
ViGanesha
Veganesha
Michiganesha
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Daniel wasn't harmed
by lions in the den
Because he was
a vegetarian
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The lighthouse which guards from rocks
The star which guides by night
The compass needle pointing north
The foghorn calling through the mist
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REGALIA

A bursting regalia
of blooming azalea
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Maury, a department store executive,
handed out thousands of dollars
of cigarettes.. in mental
hospital wards.. because he
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New shoots burst forth
from the periwinkle
as the rays of stars
send out their twinkles
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Clouds, master jewelers,
setting in gauze each raindrop
as night places star diamonds
on
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