Saiom Shriver

HEART PERFUME
A rose fullblown
is the opentoall heart
.. fragrance flows from it
.. the perfume of love.

HEART PERFUME
A rose fullblown
is the opentoall heart
.. fragrance flows from it
.. the perfume of love.

The olive tree is
the altar of Allah.
On it Allah has placed
olives free for all.
May Allah read more

The olive tree is
the altar of Allah.
On it Allah has placed
olives free for all.
May Allah allow none
to alter His altars.
In protecting trees
may no one falter.

61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam..
two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in read more

61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam..
two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the sun.

As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of read more

As the longfingered sun
reaches out to touch
a cloistered trillium
or a lake trembles in
the light of moon and stars
so can a poet's long rainbow
of words
play our heartstrings from afar.

A jade curtain of
willow fronds
parts world of
green earth
from that of blue pond
A grey curtain
of read more

A jade curtain of
willow fronds
parts world of
green earth
from that of blue pond
A grey curtain
of morning mist
separates turquoise waters
from blue sky
A more slender
veil is
at the portal
hiding the paradise
of the immortal.