Category Archives: Five

“Loons softly paddling”

Loons softly paddling Under a mostly full moon Begin mimicking The boisterous blathering Of the inebriated

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“The chilling vision”

The chilling vision Shows seasons turned up side down And peace into war If the voters authorize The current coup d’etat

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“The pendulum swings”

The pendulum swings Life to death to life to death Over and over Until one becomes the stillness At the center of the wheel

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“Cherish each moment”

Cherish each moment In the presence of petals Unfolding rose red Love patiently residing At the Center of Being

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“When the True Self Hears”

When your True Self Hears The Universal One Speak The Language of Light You will Fully Comprehend Rhythmic Balanced Interchange

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“I Am That I Am”

I Am That I Am Preceded the Fall of Man And will always Be The fulcrum of existence To project identity

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“The tree in the seed”

The tree in the seed Knows its full maturity As our Cosmic Self Knows its Immortality In the zero of silence

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“Relationships change”

Relationships change Between student and teacher When autumn transforms Green to gold departing leaves Feeding the earth Becoming

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“The lone house watches”

The lone house watches Summer residents depart The October chill Awaiting winter solstice And hibernating Nature

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“The black walnut tree”

The black walnut tree Stands in majestic silence Awaiting winter Knowing that the falling leaves Protect its fallen seed fruit

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“Fireflies at twilight”

Fireflies at twilight Illumine the Blue Ridge Christ As it catches leaves Blown from the disrobing trees On winds of changing season

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“Insects and birds sing”

Insects and birds sing An autumnal opera On Afton Mountain Passionate in the moment With no thought for tomorrow

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“Nasturtiums slow dance”

Nasturtiums slow dance In the soft summer breezes To Nature’s rhythms Pulsing through the Milky Way And stones on the garden path

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“From Monticello”

From Monticello Is heard Jefferson singing His song of Freedom Calling for revolution By expanding Consciousness

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“Clear Easter morning”

Clear Easter morning Fresh snow on the mountaintop Difficult ascent

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“From zero stillness”

From zero stillness The arrow of your desire Creates the target

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Epiphany on the Palouse – F. The Solicitation

The SPDP membership Drive by shouting is requesting Your generous contributions To begin staff planning meetings For the next Fall Semester.

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Epiphany on the Palouse – E. Education

While doing research for my new book, THE METEORIC RISE OF THE THIRD RIGHT SANS GRAVITY, Subtitled, “The Magma Farta Of the Third Millennium,” I had to acknowledge that Rush Must be right: Millions and millions Of lemmings can’t all … Continue reading

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Epiphany on the Palouse – D. A Diagram

The Birth of NonPoetry Ultimately brought Balance To the world of literature. NonPoetry Non Fiction Walla Fiction Poetry

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Epiphany on the Palouse – C. The Oath

I promise to solemnly wear The Joe Friday Only the Facts Badge number seven fourteen, With mirror, as a reminder Of when Mussolini Jones read From the Temple balcony: Discovering that Poet & Audience Were not only One, But the … Continue reading

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Epiphany on the Palouse – B. The Plea

Therefore, I petition the bored; Referring to section seven, First Amendment to the Second Law of Diminishing Audience To become a standing member Or one sitting within sight of The Society for The Prevention of Disabled Poets.

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Epiphany on the Palouse – A. Testimonial

The road to disability began When Mensa disallowed my score Of one hundred and ninety seven; Discovering the redundant Rhyme scheme answers: A BAD CEED CA B On major sections of the nineteen Sixty seven IQ exam.

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Alphabet Parade

Amber arguments ask answers Before blue bereaving berets Can change certain colored candles Dripping down diners delivering Exotic erotic earthly eggrolls For foreign film fanatics Growing gangrenous garden grapes Heavenly helping homemakers Identify icy islands

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Hippo Rock

Another wave washes The Hippo clean Of perching shore birds Overhead the seasonal wave Of migrating ducks and geese Struggle to reorganize Their disintegrating formations In the erratic April breezes

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Hunting for Answers to Autumnal Questions

Within your sights is Life, Breathing. Can it be seen? Can this miracle be felt In a heart beating fast, Or a breath being held?

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Nines

In the dark We arrive At the west end Of the continent Of the millennium To the outflowing tide Throw passport throw bankbook Excrete Vomit Emote

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FrogSong

My sleeping soul Awakened with a smile When a Frog sang Memory Of its unique music Echoed through the rain And endless cloudy days To many years past Youth Innocence The world’s and mine

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New Year’s Eve – EvenSong

EvenSong Celebration Contemplation Transitions flame bonfire Visions pastPresentfuture Overhead South and West converge Folding clouds at right angles To screen the moon Light Increases shadows depth Clarity penetrates midnight Calmly birthing Unease —December 31, 1995 Continue to “Dream Fragment 33”

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New Year’s Eve – SwanSong

SwanSong Out of the grey sky lake The six joined by two Appear near the islands Flying Not ducks not geese Eight Winging in a line Tip to wingtip at eye level Contact with one Recognition Then connection with the … Continue reading

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July Morning

Through the pink falling rain The illusive catbird Clearly calls me by name Hanging from folded clouds Rainbow fragments Vanish Reappear Then lengthen and double Brushstroking The reflected mountains To leave the lake awash In kaleidoscopic color

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Pear Blossoms

A chickadee messenger warns Of grosbeaks waiting by the feeder In a hypothermic daze. Late April. Wind, rain, sleet and hail Hasten the daffodils demise. Now, tulips are reluctant, Oriental poppies terrified. With seed and wood in short supply I … Continue reading

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Listening Point

Pend d’Oreille, remember the time Before time when in the womb Of your mother Lake Missoula You heard her tell of the upheaval That violently birthed these mountains; When horizontal layers of rock Instantly pitched to angles That today disorient … Continue reading

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At Home in Hope

Inside a dream Images and faces Melt into Oneness Sunrise touches the lake Shadows disappear The mountains admire Their own reflection While nasturtiums slow dance To silent and soft breezes

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Prairie Cleansing

Angers away Eastward Floating Heavy cluttered mind Baggage cast aside Lakes mountains trees Gone Forgotten Blind traveling folded Into Saskatchewan sun Rising over fence lines Touching blue domed sky

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The Mirror

Leaping Blindly falling Inside darkness Floating Fear consumes And finally subsides As time slows toward stop

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For Brenda

Poetry Is the fragrance Of each moment Inhaled During each life Exhaled Toward a future Envisioned Now

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Greetings, My Friend

Today This hand Reached out You withdrew Unwilling To stretch your hand Across the chasm Of time and change Widening

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A Prodigal Poet’s Plea

O Muse, are you here? I traveled Many miles to you. On bended Knees I beg forgiveness. No more Phone calls or letters written. No Distance between us. Together We can quickly cross frozen ground And safely return to our … Continue reading

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Anticipation

During countless days and sleepless nights I await the news that will announce The arrival of the unrevealed To a confused civilization In need of a New Direction and Purpose For weeks its Presence has been felt On the wind … Continue reading

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