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ALTER NOT THE ALTAR

They do not
a single plant
alter
which God has placed
on Mother Earth's altar.
For all terra's candles
are Mother Earth's.

They do not alter
a single path of water
for all rivers
are the ocean's daughters.

WILD VIOLETS

they scotch these
purple fragilities
with such thoughtless
facility

PRIVATE CAR

we will now again
have wonderful trains..
many free..
perhaps a little more
if you order a private
car..
with your own kitchen
living room, computer, bed

PURPLE CLUSTERS

Lying in a hammock
beneath the trellis
grapevined
looking at the
hanging purple clusters
and above them shines
the blazing lustre
of cloud clusters

POINTILIST

Fall's leafless orange berried bush
foiled by blue sky.. a pointilist painting

SUNFAN

The goddess of the sun
retires for the night
through clouds
spreading her fan
of rays of light

RETURN THE WINGS

the chickens had
no wings
after they
went to knifelines
moving

the bees
had no wings
after they
finished mowing

BLUE PEACE

                 Because he wanted
                 both the sylva
                 and the pencil
                 in Pennsylvania
                 .. he decided
                 from non wood
                 to make his pencils

For the people of
landguarding GreenPeace
.. also guard the BluePeace
of the Open Seas

http://www.greenpeace.org

HOT RUSSIAN HEARTS

Hitler and Bonaparte

retreated...

by

cold Russian snows defeated

by cold Russian snows

and hot Russian hearts."

TREES

They create oxygen..
and filter the air
They evaporate water
which becomes mist
and rain.
They shelter every
bird God sends to them.
They are a parasol
from the sun
and an umbrella from the
rain,
a jade privacy screen.
.. they hold water preventing
floods by their roots
They give away entirely
their fruits

ONIONS

They make us cry
because we made them cry.

(Onions are considered
tamasic, a Sanskrit word
for foods containing
sleep inducing biochemicals)
(Foods eaten 3 or more hours
after cooked are also
considered tamasic because
of bacteria growth.)

QUIVER

Last leaves of last year
translucent in the sun
.. quivering in the wind

CLUSTERS

After order he'd been a cuthappy lust-er
but entranced by tiger lilies' lustre
he began to leave alone..
God's surprising little clusters

(to Nancy L)

BLOGGERS

Bloggers
Multiplying bloggers
with pens anti-logger

(Bush backed loggers are hoping
to drown Louisiana by cutting
down the old growth cypress)

BENEDICTION

Fruit trees without truculence
give away their free succulence

SACRED ARE ALL PLANTS

All bushes are of Burning Bush
on fire with Sun's igniting Brush
who everweave into emerald leaves
dawn's pinkest first light blush

EARS TO HEAR

Terrified children can't scream
Stroke victims can't scream.
Fishes can't scream.
Trees can't scream.

JUSTICE WILLIAM O DOUGLAS

Justice Douglas
wrote that trees have standing..
it's more difficult to prove
when they're not left standing.

GRAPE VALENTINES

Grapes want their seeds
to
to become
vines
which round trellises entwine
and grow fuller
with grape valentines

MANY SAMSONS?

How many centenarian
and millenial pillars of the
forest temple can
be felled before the
shrine itself
and its pines are destroyed..

COMMON MIRACLE

Sun and rain burst the shell
of the seed's confining hell.
The plant matures strong and well
Through the roots rain upwells
Soon flowers bloom: little bells
Then blueberries...
with juice do swell.

DERACINATE

The unconscious
do not ratiocinate
as they deracinate.

PARSE NOT PARSLEY

   Those who work for plant rights
    don't parse parsley
    nor bomb poppies
    nor purchase antipeople papers.
    They plant papayas,
    and peppers.
    Their pulpit is the popular*
    not the papal but poplars.

    (* not in the sense of ephemeral fame
    but what the people want.)

DANDELION DOWN BY DAWN DRAWN

    By dawn drawn,
    dandelion down
    is falling down
    falling down.

LILY PADS

Lily pads..
   landing pads for
    dragonflies
...lifeboats for the ones with wee wings
... little tables for others..
  pedestals for the unfolding of the lotus
     which begins by shoving up a yellow balled fist
      before opening his heartpetals to the sun

CATTAIL STALK

A bird swings on a cattail stalk
taking away the desire to talk

BONY SHOULDERS OF APRIL

Over the bony shoulders of
April's winter trees..
Mother Earth has thrown a
pink shawl
as light as the
morning breeze..

but in the sunpour
.. she tossed it
for her favorite:
a jade sari

GOD IS NOT A CONTROL FREAK

God
does not dust the summer leaves
nor rake the leaves of fall
She does not mop up deer'
footprints
nor dam the waterfall.
She does not shovel falling snow
She leaves that to the sun's bright glow.
Unmowed She leaves the grass to grow
Unchained She lets the wild wind blow.

ALTER NOT THE ALTAR
BENEDICTION
BLOGGERS
BLUE PEACE
BONY SHOULDERS OF APRIL
CATTAIL STALK
CLUSTERS
COMMON MIRACLE
DANDELION DOWN
EARS TO HEAR
GOD IS NOT A CONTROL FREAK
GRAPE VALENTINES
HOT RUSSIAN HEARTS
JUSTICE WILLIAM O DOUGLAS
LILY PADS
MANY SAMSONS
ONIONS
PARSE NOT PARSLEY
POINTILIST
PRIVATE CAR
PURPLE CLUSTERS
QUIVER
RATIOCINATE
SACRED ARE ALL PLANTS
SUNFAN
RETURN THE WINGS
TREES
WILD VIOLETS
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