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SUNRISE SUNSET
sunrise over the Indian Ocean
sunset over the Alps
.. only the frame is different
*
when water reflects the sun
it is shown darker and unstable
... as people who are angry
with God
project themselves onto Him
*
*
Bush is a white house resident
but
Gore and Kerry
are our elected presidents
(nevertheless prayer for all
beings is effective)
*
Father forgive us for we know
not what we did
Father forgive us for being deaf
and blind
to what our actions meant to others
*
the gates of all paths
lead to the God of all paths
*
rivers: veins in the fertilized egg of
Mother Earth
*
someday the outcast
will be first not last
*
the unannounced visitor took
food left untouched by the too fat cat
and put it outside for the ferals..
may all governments do the same
*
spring: the time of the most
rushing waters
dawn: the time when the sun
makes diamonds of each dewdrop
*
what is more precious than
the praise of the mother or father,
the nodding smiles of gurus?
*
to phrase something as half full
rather than attack it as half empty
is to include the plus sign of
positively charged power rather
than the minus sign of unplugging
*
Is being a good Russian Chinese
South African or American
about being our brothers' keepers?
being Good Samaritans?
*
how can I drive
down country roads
at night?
and see the windshield
become a cemetery of fragile life?
*
It is time for me
to make a special chair
for frequent meditation
for frequent prayer
*
Where are spoken Hindi,
Telugu and Tamil
safe is each camel
each fish bird and mammal
*
the gardener ripped out all the
green plants in order to plant
storepurchased flowers..
like an older man who dumps
his saintly wife for a beautiful
teen of fewer earth hours
*
as some cats need to be inside
for their own safety,
some souls need the structure
of a church
*
'absolvo te' says the priest..
but there is no sin..
only learning experiences
on the road back to God
who indwells all
*
why
are criminals smarter? because
they think outside the box..
they do not accept rules imposed
on them by hierarchical and
hypocritical society
*
zillions of raindrop circles
star the flowing river..
which destroys all the
perfect spheres
Burtons: Richard.. master actor
Dan... Indiana congressman
courageous in fighting pharmaceutical
companies on autism .. Ray..
New Hampshire hero
*
Jesus, Gandhi and King: felons
jailed by evil governments
*
if we were all called as Muslims
are to pray 5 times a day
the world would be a better place
*
grass fringed river rock
next to a sumac grove.. so close
together the leaves.. the green cloud
looked as if it came from 1 tree
*
when she was
in the mud of past deeds stuck
she was released
by lightning which struck
*
from the locks of faithful
husbands is woven
the cord of dharma,
the strongest in the world
*
it is wise for the dories
to avoid the tempting corries
*
(*corry: whirlpool)
whether they're dressed in
burkas or khaki or philibegs
never do those dwelling
in Los Angeles or Philly beg
*
before it goes down
seems largest the sunball
the leaves seem most orange
before they fall
the fire blazes hottest
before leaving the hall
the soul seems brightest
before returning to All
*
she watered the wild tiger lilies
.. in gratitude they kissdusted
her with their gold pollen
*
In May explode the unplucked
unpicked peapods
In July a burst out of sod
of orangest tiger lily rods
In September straight from God
blazing windseeded goldenrod
*
not blown apart will be imbedded
surgeons
if the govt. withdraws from fighting
'insurgents'
(Insurgent .. a term used to
obscure the freedom fighting
of revolutionaries in Iraq who want
their country back)
*
the bulls' blood in Spain
falls mainly on the plain
as the unconscious gather
to see infliction of pain
*
it is illusion that the mountain
daily mothers the sunrise
*
though ones moving form
may be hidden, his fleeing
shadow may not be
(let not our tails trip us)
*
passing behind the curtain
of the waterfall
one enters the cave
of the heart in which
the fires of eternal love burn
*
the sun is showering his blessings
outside and beckons us to stand
in his rays
*
*
has no taste for Iraq blood
Congressman Ike Skelton
he has seen too much suffering
too many skeletons
*
General Petraeus
please don't betray us
*
Crazy Caligula Caesar
with his whims and his seizures
sent the army to collect shells
as the unelected man in the
White House
sent the army
for BP Exxon and Shell
*
he was the last surviving member
of his family.. no one but he
was interested in the family photo
album... yet he would leave it
to others to throw it away when he
died... he would no longer need
pictures in their presence
The rain in Maine falls
mainly on the
main.
*
the jadehued pines
don't climb peaks Alpine..
visible the mountain's will..
in her stonemade spine
*
At the mountaintop
God has greened the gray
granite with lichen lime
*
not til one by benefit
of the car's escalation arrives at the
summit's elevation, can he in
grateful exhalation
see from the top
of this exhilaration
... a 360 degree circle of other
mountains stretching away to
the horizon.
*
millions of animal rights activists
around the world work together
like a dancing electric school
of fish.. moving mountains daily
from the warmth
of the sun's ray tongues
melt glacier tongues
into rivers' tongues
*
Some Asians cook
shrimp without removing
their eyes.. those sweet
little eyes on stalks
can no longer look
at their abusers.
*
he said she had the
fidelity
of a firefly
but like a semaphore
blinking on and off
she was true to her own
nature
*
it is impossible to unlove..
for love like God is omnipresent,
all encompassing
*
the most slender seaslivers
are enough for sandsilver to
catch the sun
*
God who did the
seashore scallop
meant bays to protect
His crabs lobsters and scallops
*
one felt claustrophobic in the mountains
.. the other was happy no where else
.. so they lived together on mountains
overlooking the sea
*
the seashore zen monastery
has no clutter..
its erased palates help ones
soul and mind to draw anew
*
Oceanside, the endless sky and
sea and sun..
where endless water, air and fire
elements draw earth into joy
*
in the sheltered cove the tide
moved 20 feet in 20 minutes..
the sea like God reaching out in
unconditional love.. in relentless
waves
*
in the conch shells
the sound of om
while the surf sounds in ecstasy
and bluesea curls into waves
which break into sunstarred white foam
.. here by the temple of the sea
gather worshippers of the sun
15?
Why is evil sometimes
in the short run popular?
horror shows, objectifying
pornography,
and new wars?
there are many shadows
but only 1 sun
.. there are many shattered
shards.. only 1 whole..
There are many lying
accounts.. only 1 truth
*
the womanizer was touched
by God and began to
make amends
for the scalps on his belt,
for the impaled butterflies
under lepidopterist glass,
for the women he turned
into objets d'art
*
he was a 300 lb. man
His footprints were
heavier in the sand
.. filled by seasurf
they reflected the stars
*
as a smudge
on his computer screen
caused the 0 to look like an 8
so can violent criminals be caught
by their own trails
*
more than a skier looks for snowflakes
or a farmer for rain
the warrior sought for
the shower of a ticker tape parade
*
build with stone stucco
metal clay and rock
and other nontree materials
cement brick and block
*
eating tin saturated
meat and fish he'd
become a tin woodman
.. rigid and weighed down
.. now he would change
*
there were 4 concentric rings on
the arc'd beach..
closest to the sea are the surfsilvered sands
.. then sands bereft of the sea
.. next seaweed strewn script
... and then the crescent of palm trees
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PRI
PRI, Public Radio International
today you said
that England gave India
its independence in 1947.
It wasn't England's to give.
And it is time for the
crown jewels stolen from
India to be returned.
Why call yourself Public
Radio International
since there is nothing
public about the
programming which
caters to your sponsors
such as bioterrorist Merck
which developed the AIDS
'vaccine' for Africa
for the DOD, the smallpox
'vaccine' which spread
AIDS throughout Africa.
The animal flesh industry
continues to decline
as people abandon Mad Cow
foods..
so NPR responded this month
by scheduling Willard Scott
to promote McDonald's
and Calvin Trillim to
desensitize people
to the eating of animals
normally protected
and today Lawrence on The World
of PRI
had a program on the
draining of Iraq marshes
which had made things..
but no such program on
the fat chemical contracts
and health dept. antihealth
messzges to drain every wetland
in the US to kill mosquitos
hotter and destroyed wetlands
totn@npr.org,theworld@pri.org
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RAMBLINGS AND TIRADES OF O ANNA NIEMUS
The rain in Maine falls
mainly on the
main.
*
the jadehued pines
don't climb peaks Alpine..
visible the mountain's will..
in her stonemade spine
*
At the mountaintop
God has greened the gray
granite with lichen lime
*
not til one by benefit
of the car's escalation arrives at the
summit's elevation, can he in
grateful exhalation
see from the top
of this exhilaration
... a 360 degree circle of other
mountains stretching away to
the horizon.
*
millions of animal rights activists
around the world work together
like a dancing electric school
of fish.. moving mountains daily
*
from the warmth
of the sun's ray tongs
melt glacier tongues
into rivers' tongues
*
Some Asians cook
shrimp without removing
their eyes.. those sweet
little eyes on stalks
can no longer look
at their abusers.
*
he said she had the
fidelity
of a firefly
but like a semaphore
blinking on and off
she was true to her own
nature
*
it is impossible to unlove..
for love like God is omnipresent,
all encompassing
*
the most slender seaslivers
are enough for sandsilver to
catch the sun
*
God who did the
seashore scallop
meant bays to protect
His crabs lobsters and scallops
*
one felt claustrophobic in the mountains
.. the other was happy no where else
.. so they lived together on mountains
overlooking the sea
*
the seashore zen monastery
has no clutter..
its erased palates help ones
soul and mind to draw anew
*
Oceanside, the endless sky and
sea and sun..
where endless water, air and fire
elements draw earth into joy
*
in the sheltered cove the tide
moved 20 feet in 20 minutes..
the sea like God reaching out in
relentless waves of
unconditional love..
*
in the conch shells
the sound of om
while the surf sounds in ecstasy
and bluesea curls into waves
which break into sunstarred white foam
.. here by the temple of the sea
gather worshippers of the sun
*
Why is evil sometimes
in the short run popular?
horror shows, objectifying
pornography,
and new wars?
there are many shadows
but only 1 sun
.. there are many shattered
shards.. only 1 whole..
There are many lying
accounts.. only 1 truth
*
the womanizer was touched
by God and began to
make amends
for the scalps on his belt,
for the impaled butterflies
under lepidopterist glass,
for the women he turned
into objets d'art
*
he was a 300 lb. man
His footprints were
heavier in the sand
.. filled by seasurf
they reflected the stars
*
as a smudge
on his computer screen
caused the 0 to look like an 8
so can violent criminals be caught
by their own trails
*
more than a skier looks for snowflakes
or a farmer for rain
or a Ramadan faster for nightfall
or a night watchman for the dawn
the warrior sought for
the shower of a ticker tape parade
*
he built with stone stucco
metal clay and rock
and other nontree materials
cement brick and block
*
eating tin saturated
meat and fish he'd
become a tin woodman
.. rigid and weighed down
.. now he would change
*
He saw his first Venus flytraps
and rescued the moths
struggling...
because bugs have more
rights than plants
*
Chuang Tzu says a bare room
is easiest to clean.
The uncluttered seashore
is the most beautiful.
The desireless soul
has the most clarity and purity
*
What if the sun wanted
a vacation?
*
The goose is ringed
around the throat that
she not be able to expel
her force fed food.
The cormorant is ringed
around the throat
that she not be able
to eat the fish
she caught.. but
must return it to
her captors
.. humans do not allow
the fishing bird
her catch to swallow
*
Is it sacrifice when
the laden fruit tree
drops her fruit?
No.. it is the joy
of release
*
the sun sparkling upon
the sea and in the tidal
pools has created
zillions of electric fish
swimming in schools
*
the pair of windchimes
were sorrowing
until the wind blew
and then they
tinkled in joy
*
what a terrible thing
to project the political
party of war profiteers
and henhawk puppeteers
onto innocent elephants
*
the factory nightshift favorite
caller is dawnpink
*
killing trees is treeson
*
the money to repair Twin Cities bridge went to bomb bridges in Iraq
*
sodium nitrate, red dye number 2,
colors the green, grey and brown
of
animal flesh red
*
better than linear
rows of machine
harvested peanuts
are refprestomg pecans
to whom the birds sing
a grateful paean
*
forgiving expels
cancer cells
*
The cascade never ceases
its merriment nor its music
*
bathing in the aura of
forgiveness is as healing
as drinking the liquid love
of melted snowwaters
*
in the barren dry desert
more welcome is the cactus rose
which captured the pink
as the sun arose
*
stone does not come from the
murder of sentient trees
and
the squirrels and flightless baby
birds who warble in the breeze
it resists fire
is better insulated to retain coolness in summer and heat in winter
it is termite resistant
painting is unnecessary
it does not rot
it lies around in somewhat dry river beds in the
summer..
*
bug splattered windshields
and leaves splattered with dust
from night driving on byways
He stopped driving at night
on country roads
to stop harming almost unseen
frogs and toads
*
Whitewater and Blackwater..
2 poles of the same monster.
*
Nagasaki reminds us
of the naga in each cup of saki
(naga: snake)
*
Only when the snowdrops of ego
abandon their form can they
combine into the cavecarving river
which cleaves the
highest mountains
with its rapids pools and fountains
*
We are all handed peace scrolls
We won't know what hidden
chapters we write
until the scroll unrolls
*
growing in their
military rows in the garden
carrot soldiers
untimely ripped
from Mother Earth's womb..
and then decapitated
*
all fallen angels will rise again, including
Lucifer, who was once the bearer of blazing light
(lux lucis light
fer.. carrier)
Since God indwells every being, including Satan (as God is
omnipresent) all beings are worthy of reverence, even those
who do the most harm
*
Her friend adopted a black cat
and named him Piggy Bear Fat Paw
because he was round and cuddly
and the most loving cat he'd ever
had
*
Sometimes peace comes as fresh radoamt and whole
as a robin's egg piece of skybowl
and sometimes arrives peace
from sewn or welded pieces
*
fish oil salesmen are
worse than snake oil salesmen
*
God's love is unconditional, universal,
and eternal... in all ways, for always
*
waves crash against the shore
clouds crash gainst Himalayan mountains
and when their gauze meets
stony peaks
released are their monsoon fountains
*
everywhere
a drop of watergrace fell
it turned into a
green plant star
*
through my neighbor's
garden I took a walk
and today saw
a plant with purple stalks
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O ANNA NIEMUS
