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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.

    Through Pisces to Aquarius V

                    V
    Ones and zeros.  Zeros and ones.
    In proper combinations,
    Our loved ones become the graphics
    On ever faster computer screens.
    All problems can be solved with more
    Available information;
    Efficiency becomes the key 
    To a positive bottom line.
    Compute more data.  Garbage in,
    More garbage out, up, down, around.
     (more…)

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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.

    In Praise of Living

    I have awaited the moment
    When you honestly thought of Living
    And not dying before your time.
    That this idea bloomed in winter
    With no trace of snow on the ground,
    Or small patches of blue sky seen
    Through the purgatorial grey,
    Is the bold action possible
    Only when days become windows.
     (more…)

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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.

    Through Pisces to Aquarius IX

                    IX
    Modern day Luddite warriors,
    Fight not for the jobs you have lost.
    Tune out, unplug, and awaken
    From the techutopian dream
    To join battle late in the day
    For the Soul of Humanity.
     (more…)

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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.

    Children of the Sun XI

    He then reminded her
    That on the third planet
    Few have been successful
    Acquiring the knowledge
    Necessary to live
    As the enlightened ones
    They will someday become
     (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.

    “Common sense”

    Common sense,
    What is it?
    It was once a pamphlet,
    But now what?
    
    (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.

    The Spirit of Phoenix – A Chant

    Rise ye Spirit from the deep,
    Spreading invisible wings for vast flight—
    Sing out loudly the love of life
    And peace on earth of our song.
    Higher, higher do soar,
    Showing your invincible might.
    Bring eyes to those that are blind—
    Banish our worldly thoughts,
    Whisking the sleep from heavy laden lids.
    We look without sight—
    Our senses are dulled.
     (more…)

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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

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

    Rising Tide

    Reaching further, cutting deeper,
    The seventh wave violates
    This once peaceful shore,
    And as the chaotic tide rises
    Our secure center trembles and quakes
    In the cold grey dawn of decline.
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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.

    Bird or Dog

    For years we have acted
    And been treated like—
    Dogs.
    
    We are as free
    As the soaring eagle;
    As active as a 
    Hummingbird,
    Yet we wallow in the mud
    Of our own making, like
    Hogs.
     (more…)

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