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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.

    Amanita Cloud

    For centuries the Sacred Mushroom Ritual
    Has been a vehicle for reaching Eternity.
    We need not risk physical ingestion,
    And the possible effects of its deadly poison,
    If we symbolically see this visual keyhole
    As showing us the way to that other world
    Far beyond our day to day comprehension.
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    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 be wrong headed
    Wrong headed.
     (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.

    “Living life”

    Living life
    In a dream of oneness for all.
    We touch with our heart
    While feeling with our soul,
    For we are together
    On the cold and long road
    Of our dreams.
    
    (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

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

    Wedding Vows

    Let us not talk about Love,
           Except for all Living Things.
    Let us not speak of Marriage,
           Except to the Ideals of Peace
           And Freedom for All.
    Let us not desire commitment,
           Except to One Earth.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “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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  • 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.

    Immaculate Conception V

    As motion finally finds rest
    The Golden Spheres of Liquid Light
    Begin weaving a chrysalis
    To encase the Child and its host
    In a protective envelope
    Creating an environment
    For the expanding Consciousness
    To attain OctoAwareness
    Being in perfect Harmony
    With the Universal Heartbeat
    Of the emerging Cosmic Age
    
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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.

    A Dream

    I am with Child
    I sense its presence
    I feel its movement
    I know its thoughts
    
    Finally I understand
    The Cosmic Child is within me
    Restlessly waiting to be Birthed
    Into the Light of a New Day
    
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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.

    “Help is coming”

    Help is coming—
    It is in your mind
    If you stop your games
    And find the time.
    
    And if you look
    You still can see
    Your non-existence
    Must cease to be.
    
    (more…)

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