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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.

    “Once Again”

    Once again;
            Back to the hub,
            Back to the center.
    
    Drop all pretense,
    Remove those masks.
    
    Take a look in the mirror;
            Honestly,
            Nakedly.
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Welcome the Divine Physicians”

    Welcome the Divine Physicians,
    Freely offering their healing powers
    By pouring Gold Rejuvenating Liquid
    Into and on this physical vehicle.
    
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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.

    “Tomorrow – a new day”

    Tomorrow—a new day
    To be dealt with as we will.
    
    A new life’s door is before us,
    Yet we open yesterdoor
    Without thought
    In the habit of our ways.
    
    (more…)

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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 IA, xi

    During the early budding years
       The Holy Spirit will descend
       To live in the sacred temple,
       Becoming advisor and friend.
    When Heaven’s voice pierces the ear,
       Our Inner Peace gathers the might
          To pass all of temptation’s tests;
          For in the speaking of His Will
          We help establish the conquest
       Of evil’s all engulfing fright.
    With the Kingdom of Heaven near
       His ever radiant Light
       Produces wings for the coming flight.
    
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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.

    Kalaloch Midnight

    Day and night, mist
    Drizzle and fog.
    The tide comes in,
    The tide goes out.
    Land.  Ocean.  Grey
    Mirror images
    Roaring, boiling
    Raw, chattering
    Minds to Silence.
     (more…)

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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.

    Today

    Yellow dandelions
    Dot a sea of green;
    Walking in a field
    As if in a dream.
    
    A bird sings a love song
    So new, so sweet,
    Ushering in spring
    As the sun warms
    Your cold, bare feet.
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Other scavengers pluck her tail feathers”

    Other scavengers pluck her tail feathers,
    Limiting the Eagle’s mobility and power.
    One by one the feathers are taken
    Making flight practically impossible.
    
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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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  • 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.

    “Dreams built on sand”

    Dreams built on sand
    Crumble before our eyes
    And we cannot understand
    Why it is so. . . .
    
    Dreams cascade
    Like waterfalls
    From a sky of rock.
    
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