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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 Cul de Sac of Growth

    Innocence blesses our early waxing years—
    The freedom possessed though not known
    Is a release from prejudice, hate and fear,
    Until seeds of worldly knowledge are sown.
    
    The senses pleasures become our growth,
    As pushing and striving for distant gain
    We cast aside the heavenly oath
    To replace universal love with mortal pain.
     (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.

    Hunting for Answers to Autumnal Questions

    Within your sights is Life,
    Breathing.  
           Can it be seen?
    Can this miracle be felt
    In a heart beating fast,
    Or a breath being held?
     (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 X

    Listening and learning
    From her older siblings
    She then sought the council
    Of her solar parent
     (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.

    The Owl

    The owl has spoken
    His final piece
    As a token
    Of his inner peace.
    
    With ease flow his feelings
    While clear is his fear
    That the love he is giving
    May not last the year.
     (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.

    Sonnet to a Flyer

    As we slowly leave the earth to ascend
    Through clouds of our vision, toward infinity,
    The heavens become our companion and friend.
    Vast horizons unfold for eyes to see;
    And while all of nature seems within reach,
    Man’s miniature world begins to be dwarfed
    By Creation’s splendor beyond all speech.
    Behind us the sun sinks in shades of red;
    Twilight brings the last quarter moon in view,
    Darkness descends, stars winking into sight,
    The Milky Way lightens the sky anew,
    Flying east through the timelessness of night.
    Light grows ahead, a new day being born;
    With the sun we rise to heaven this morn.
    
    Continue to The Cul De Sac of Growth
    (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.

    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
    
    (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.

    Borning Prayer

    Mother-Father
    Blessed Universal Presence
    Residing in the Eternal Now
    Let your Presence be Known
    Within this physical vehicle
    Purifying and aligning
    The seven energy centers
    In each and every one of its bodies
    Lighting the Vertical Pathway
    Firing the Cross of Creation (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 I, iv

                 
    Love of one can be a vacuum,
       An entangled web zealously spun
       That locks into the narrow sphere
       The unity that is illusion.
    When the union grows we resume
       Our direction and walk not crawl
          Up the path to find light of day;
          The million sounds that reach our ear
          Tell of new molds to semi-fired clay.
       In the wind seeds randomly fall
    Manifesting flowers in bloom. . .
       Our feelings shared in one and all
       Is the growth toward Love Universal.
    
     (more…)

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