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Poems of Silence II 28 poems

SILENCE WITHIN ASHRAM WALLS



There is

silence

within the

ashram walls

but over

the ashram walls

tumble down

vines of flowerfall

and way beyond..

sing the waterfalls

FEAR NOT



We wish for a peaceful

quiet world

in which

no flea

need in fear flee

.. no fly

need in flight fly



POND PALATE



Fall trees

.. their pond reflections

are paintbrushes

dipped into the

pondpalate's rippling water

.. aswirl with colors

of crimson and pink

and gold and yellow

and orange

... the wind's rustle

and the splashing fish

only for a few moments

obscuring the

kaleidoscope



FRIGHTEN NOT THE LITTLE ONES



Some thoughts must be expressed

to be released.. put on paper..

so that emotions may flow

into release..

sometimes thoughts are so painful

that after written in the blood

of the past

they should be erased, burned,

torn up and flushed

as the sea

erases the scrawls

in the sand..

that their echoes

not others kill



NONVIOLENT WORDS



For many lives she

had expressed

anger with her fists..

but even now she

could see her angry

judging words..

becoming

others' fists..

and God whispered

to her..

that nonviolence in

thought and speech

is required of

aspiring pacifists.



DUSK HUSH



Gone the day's rush..

Gone traffic push....

Light scattered

by sunset paintbrush

.. Now valleys hush ..

and the birdies shush.

the valleys hush..

and the birdies shush.



(to poet S Steigerwald)



POLARITY OF THOUGHT



One thought that in presenting

his opinions he would attract

those of like mind.

The other thought that

if he presented an idea he did not

totally live up to, he would

turn people away. If he did live

up to his ideal, his thoughts

would spread effortlessly.





MORNING HUSH



mist lies in parallel

layers under the clouds

as satin sheets

lie under cotton blankets



EVE ANGEL



Eve Angel does never

evangelize..

but who can hide

the Godlove in her eyes





SLOWING DOWN



We go by much too fast

the hidden gates to see

.. the quiet love..

silent caring

.. anonymous frequencies.



(to M Radney)



WIND FINGERS



The wind's fingers

stroke the tree harp

and the tree's green fingers

in turn stroke the wind.





SILENT THE SUN



Silent the Sun

Speechless the Sea

Quiet the

Tree of Quince

Nontalkative the nut tree

Incommunicado

the avocado

Nonloquacious

the wind



VOLUME CONTROL



Her kind smile to him

when he asked her to turn

down her radio..

melted his heart



SEEING RED



It was a gift to be able to see

auras..

Once when she saw red

she knew the woman who

was pouring out her soul

had had second thoughts

..

like a criminal angered

that he had confided

in a priest



but she resolved

to be as silent

as the sea

... the sea

which turns red

rivers of sound

into ultraviolet

jewels



SUN DOES NOT KISS AND TELL



The sun does not

kiss and tell

but how can the

quince tree

hide

her new quints

in the dell?



(to John J Price and his

family)





SEAL OF CONFESSIONAL



The virgin nonvegetarian

and the nonvirginal vegetarian

both agreed

not to discuss

which animals

had in the past been chewed

..



for all are bound by

the seal of the confessional

of friendship





GURU RIVER



As a river carries

fish to the sea

does a guru carry

secrets

.. giving them

to God the sea



SHELLS SHED



As she shed

all her shells

and dove past

the shards

of seashells

into

the depths

from ocean shelf

she was shshshed

into shanti





STARTLING NO STARLING



Dawn's pastel stirring

heralds day, sun-starring

.. with His quiet ways

startling

no robin or starling

(to C Harman, a healer
who works tirelessly)




SILENT MUSIC



In a dream he said to me:

"I have never known a 3 string

guitar to be silent.."

as he pointed to an apricot

branch.. with 3 twigs..

each playing the music

of apricot making

LA SCALA



At La Scala, the opera house,

news that a diva is ill

and cannot appear.. causes

boos

Outside.. the stars play

their silent ecstasy



MOUSHIKA



The little moushika

in gnawing does

make musica.



BENEATH THE WIND





Beneath the wind

shivers the river

With lightbeam slivers

she does quiver





BUBBLES OF JOY



like joyspheres rising from a fountain

like moons being born of the sun

like round seeds floating in air

are the soul bubbles of God



IMPEACH



GOD does not preach

to the tree of peach

Without force..

Love He does impeach



POLYTONGUED FLAME



death by violence

is a hydra headed monster

with more tongues of flame

than Medusa's snake coils

or gossip

or fire



anyone who advocates

violence is a terrorist

who metastasizes the

hatred he fights with

hatred



ROSEBUSH ALMS



As I passed along

the dusty trail

she grabbed my arm

with her dusty own

and requested

that from my palm

come pouring forth

water alms

-saiom shriver-