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If You Only Knew (seperates he from me) The Shrike appears in all of the Hyperion books and is something of an enigma; its true purpose isn't 'revealed' until the second book, but even then it is left a malleable purpose. In fact, this explanation is changed significantly in the latter two books (The Endymion duology) . The Shrike appears to act both autonomously and as a servant of some unknown force or entity, and in the first two Hyperion books, exists solely in the area around the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion. In the latter two, it is effectively unfettered.
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The Shrike stands roughly three meters in height and is described as ... more »
The First Shrike Poems
A special place
that none
may find
where winds... more »
People come into your life for a reason
a season or a lifetime
When you know which one it is... more »
Sight blinded aura
thought wait
sit and drown... more »
Unkind Words
Meant not for her
no understanding than... more »
where would any be
the lofty the low
without a dream
to guide them so... more »
The dreams
of my heart
my mind
doth pass... more »
Unkind Words
Unkind Words
Meant not for her
no understanding than
to say most unstable
With holding from her husband
thinking me overly intelligent
abundantly so
Terrible actions such lack
of for sight did cause us
Things would differently be done
if this knowledge I could
of had
She thought I hated her
when to the extrema side
to that word never heard
Now she does hate me
for such doings
such hate I have never seen
except in the movies sociopath
psychopath
To mend such a thing
a scar on my heart ...
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