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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.

    A Prodigal Poet’s Plea

    O Muse, are you here?  I traveled
    Many miles to you.  On bended
    Knees I beg forgiveness.  No more
    Phone calls or letters written.  No
    Distance between us.  Together
    We can quickly cross frozen ground
    And safely return to our home 
    Before darkness leads us astray.
     (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 II, ii

    The differences appear
    To dismember oneness,
    And soon all worth is Me,
    The love of our neighbor
    Degenerates to greed
    And hateful jealousy.
    
     (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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  • 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.

    “Tomorrow – a new day”

    Tomorrow—a new day
    To be dealt with as we will.
    
    A new life’s door is before us,
    Yet we open yesterdoor
    Without thought
    In the habit of our ways.
    
    (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.

    For the New Born

    Early morning unfurls
    Initial rays of sun,
    To touch and feel our world
    From distant horizon.
    
    O Newly Born!
    Conceived of Love,
    Into life you come
    This eternal morn.
    
    May you reach the stars
    In an abundance of light,
    Being as free as you are
    Until sunset becomes night.
    
    (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 II, iv

    Banners of prejudice
    Maliciously declare
    The misdirected depths
    To which we have fallen;
    Soon foregoing hope
    Of peaceful unity.
    
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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.

    Groundhog Day

    Who can distinguish night from day
    In the twilight of history?
    Does this dull light signal nights end,
    Or only the last light of day?
    
    Some believe the sun will soon rise
    To reverse the flow of darkness,
    While others hear the dying screams
    Of their Destiny Manifest.
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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.

    New Year’s Eve – SwanSong

           SwanSong
    
    
    Out of the grey sky lake
    The six joined by two
    Appear near the islands
    Flying   Not ducks   not geese
    Eight     Winging in a line
    Tip to wingtip at eye level
    
    Contact with one     Recognition
    Then connection with the gliding
    White feathering Swans approaching
    The shoreline and my doorstep
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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 VI

                   VI
    He continued with the story
    Of his latest business venture,
    At times interspersed with phone calls
    Or news of family and friends.
    
    I wanted to mention the awe
    Of first seeing the northern lights
    And their frenzied undulations;
    At times covering the night sky
    With many wild, breathing colors;
     (more…)

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