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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.

    Nineteen Ninety One, May Day V

                         V
    Shattered and scattered:
    Our Founding Fathers have suffered another death.
    Their dusty bones can be heard rattling throughout
    The late twentieth century democracy
    That allows science and technology to run amok,
    Finally destroying any recognition of their Dream.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Birthday

    The gift on your doorstep
    Today
    Was imagined and created
    Yesterday
    With every thought
    Word and deed
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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.

    Come Walk With Me

    Father told his son, and I learned:
    Death is a process of Living.
    But I did not then understand:
    Death must also be permitted
    To forever walk by our side
    For Destiny to Manifest
    Beyond this worn circular path
    We have endlessly trudged for years.
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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.

    July 26, 1976

    The oracle has been cast,
    All prophecies written
    And the script lay beside me,
    Yet I cannot respond.
    
    The sheep are led to slaughter
    With foreknowledge
    Of expected end
    To supposedly read their lines.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “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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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Birthing II

    With each new contraction chaos
    Further shakes a society
    Overpopulated with fear
    And addicted to the image
    Of a glorious history
    Seen as manifest destiny
    
    Unwilling to wake from this dream
    Some attempt to halt the coming
    Of something beyond their control
    And ability to understand
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    The One

    The dust and ashes
    Of fear and freud
    Have been laid to rest
    With fame and fortune
    
    From a common grave
    The ashes of time
    And dust of Being
    Will assemble to Birth
    The ONE
    
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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.

    “After you begin”

        After you begin
    Appreciating life
    In its entirety,
    People seem so busy
    In their trivialities—
        Usually involving money.
    
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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, ix

    Spiritual growth can now commence
       To accelerate in the Light
       Of loving Truth’s immortal beam,
       Showing us the basic birthright
    Received from His Holy Essence
       As your keys to eternity.
          Higher evolution for Man
          Is the undying vision seen
          Whenever we accept the plans
       Drawn for our Real Identity.
    The sacred path of awareness,
       Being the way of purity
       Is life’s capstone to liberty.
    
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