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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Poppies

    Peeking from protective pods,
    We are poppies
    Of indefinable Orange,
    Radiant newborn suns
    Opening these fragile petals
    To explore, find and finally feel
    Our Individual Uniqueness
    At the Center
    Of Being.
    
    Continue to "UnSung May"
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  • This Poem can be found in

    10 to 17 February Afternoons, 1977 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    To John Keats

    Creative thought—
    That which is progress
    Is found in the form of escape, or
    Whether it be daydreams or
    Balancing on the fence
    Between sleep and wake; for it is
    Sleep and Poetry.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    The Eve of Uncertainty

    Reaching for the eternal flux;
    Leaving the old
    To enter the new—
    Cosmically.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    10 to 17 February Afternoons, 1977 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    “White caps appear between the grey”

    White caps appear between the grey
    Of the free and angry sea,
    As I stand with hands pocket deep
    Tasting the salt spray on my lips.
    
    Wind blown tresses cover my face.
    Whisking them away
    I feel the flame of your presence;
    Turning I meet your ambient eyes
    And again I’m warm with you near.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Venus

    After many centuries in abeyance
    The winds of Venus are blowing
    To again wreak havoc in our lives.
    
    Red, yellow and blue planetary visions
    Kaleidoscopically change in minutes,
    Sending cracks through our emotional core
    And chilling the superficial warmth
    Of all shallow rooted relationships.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Begin the painful deprogramming”

    Begin the painful deprogramming
    To find the Balance
    Necessary to recognize Truth
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Lay your pseudo self”

    Lay your pseudo self       
    On the pyre of worldly ambition,
    Releasing it into the illusory world
    Of its own creation,
    And become consumed 
    In the Phoenix Flame
    Of your True Being;
    Allowing its Reality to Become.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Perseid Meteor Showers

    Leaving the glare of city lights,
    We drove on dusty mountain roads
    Into valleys, over passes,
    Up and down, winding and climbing,
    Far above, then past the river
    That carved this part of the world.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Paths II, ii

    The differences appear
    To dismember oneness,
    And soon all worth is Me,
    The love of our neighbor
    Degenerates to greed
    And hateful jealousy.
    
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