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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.

    One Way or the Other

        In the city,
    Alone
        Becomes mechanical,
    For one must
    Turn off all
        The corruption
        And pollution.
     (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.

    “I want to taste your love”

    I want to taste your love
    As together we become one
    In the warmth and security
    Of each other’s arms and bodies.
    
    While two days will be eternal to us
    We shall experience all in total.
    
    All will end, but only in time’s scope,
    For it will remain forever in our hearts
    And minds as we pass beyond time.
    
    (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.

    Nineteen Ninety One, May Day IV

                           IV
    The Storm’s unseen terror has finally abated,
    Yet chill winds still blow around the planet.
    Except prayers to a savior arriving in the clouds
    Or a welcome to beings from distant galaxies,
    Jingoism’s omnipresent message
    Offers little, if any, forum for earthly appeal,
    Condemning unbelievers in peace through strength,
    And peacekeeper weapons of mass destruction
    To peeking at the future from assigned ratholes.
    
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “When the True Self Hears”

    When your True Self Hears
    The Universal One Speak
    The Language of Light
    
    You will Fully Comprehend
    Rhythmic Balanced Interchange
    
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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.

    Adieu Once Again

    The veil of history is lifting.
         The mind’s eye opens. . .
              Seeing, feeling, re-experiencing
              The lives we have shared
              And the innumerable times
                   Our paths have crossed;
         The past events race by,
              As we, the minor characters
              In the eternally flowing
                   Play of life—
                   Intermingle.
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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, viii

    Awakening to the morning sun
       We accompany the birds and sing
       Our thankfulness for light of day
       And render this our offering. . .
    Humble gifts of selfless action
       Toward a world in harmony.
          While seeking love and brotherhood
          Along the dimly lighted way
          We cast aside evil for good
       Finding actual Reality.
    The quest is made with devotion
       For the future Humanity
       To evolve its true Identity.
    
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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;
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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.

    Metamorphosis

    Halted during its slow journey to the other side,
    A common turtle lay clumsily split in two.
    His natural armor offered little protection
    From Man’s four-wheel driven nightmare,
    And he became just another unlisted casualty.
    
    As the surging ocean’s unrelenting roar
    Announces the arrival of land’s end,
    A hummingbird prepares for birthing
    By hurriedly picking dandelion seeds
    To further warm her soon to be filled nest.
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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.

    Unsung May

    Inside the morning rain
    The summer heat of May
    Departs on the wind
    Whipped white capped lake.  Hail
    
    Dancing to thunder, falls
    Through the sky cracking
    Lightning striking afternoon
    To scatter fragile petals
    Over white grass.  Green stems
     (more…)

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