Saiom Shriver Poems

She is betrothed
to Love,
the highest Truth
for she is kind
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Ignited in the lake
the rising sun's fire.....
without smoke, nor
crackling in the hearth...
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Fire reflected in ice
is not frozen fire
nor is the light
in the eyes
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The Colossus of Rhodes
who did 'bestride the narrow world'
was too big for his britches.
He who bestrides the universe
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As perfume
pours from
petaled peony blooms
so fragrance still
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Tens of thousands crucified... Christians fed to lions...
slavery...gladiators killing each other for public amusement
emperors deifying themselves...a culture of hedonism..
animal sacrifice.. the eating of peacock tongues..
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How majestic
How sublime
that out of muck
and mud and slime
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Hercules sent a river
through the stables Augean.
Was the horse manure
then purified
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Dawn frames the
ebony sky of night
with a pink fringe
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