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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 III

                           III
    Alternating between “God Bless America”
    And “The Star Spangled Banner”,
    The marching band leads the parade
    Down Main Street at twelve thirty-five.
    Waving flags and sporting yellow ribbons,
    Almost the entire population participates;
    Leaving a very small audience
    To witness this Declaration
    Of Independence from Freedom
    And the birth of the New World Order.
    
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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.
    
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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

    Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Paths IIA

    Peek from ego’s cyclic wheel
    To glimpse the eternal Light,
    Which eclipses mortal appeal
    And pleasure’s fleeting delight.
    Leaving blind delusions behind
    The treasure of life we’ll find
    In lasting gifts of sight divine.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Swallowing a nostalgic placebo

    Swallowing a nostalgic placebo
    Quickly relieves today’s pain,
    Validating this illusion of life. . .
    Unlived even in finality.
    
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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.

    The Mirror

    Leaping     Blindly falling
    Inside darkness     Floating
       Fear consumes
       And finally subsides
    As time slows toward stop
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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.

    FrogSong

    My sleeping soul 
    Awakened with a smile
    When a Frog sang     Memory
    Of its unique music
    Echoed through the rain
    And endless cloudy days
    To many years past     Youth
    Innocence    The world’s and mine
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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.

    For My Sons

    While floating down the River of Life,
    Do not allow yourself to be forever drawn
    Along with the current of popular thought,
    For it is not necessarily Truth.
    
    Occasionally search the eddies and backwaters,
    Sifting through the mud, sand and stone.
    Rest often, alone, on its sun drenched bank,
    Viewing the turbulent flow as one removed.
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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 – F. The Solicitation

    The SPDP membership
    Drive by shouting is requesting
    Your generous contributions
    To begin staff planning meetings
    For the next Fall Semester.
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