Saiom Shriver

The ocean:
rocking cradle of the world, sunset stairway to the stars
.. only by great masters trod, only written read more

The ocean:
rocking cradle of the world, sunset stairway to the stars
.. only by great masters trod, only written on by God.

The ice does not in pain scream
when in the sun he melts into stream
nor does he in pain read more

The ice does not in pain scream
when in the sun he melts into stream
nor does he in pain scream
when he higher climbs into spiraling steam.

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.

Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.

Sunwands turn rain droplets
into blackberry drupelets
as enkindled okra seeds
acknowledge heliocracy.

CLOVER VEIL
A clover veil..
violets the vale
neith skies cloudclad
or when ultraviolet
sun prevails.

CLOVER VEIL
A clover veil..
violets the vale
neith skies cloudclad
or when ultraviolet
sun prevails.