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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 XI

    He then reminded her
    That on the third planet
    Few have been successful
    Acquiring the knowledge
    Necessary to live
    As the enlightened ones
    They will someday become
     (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.

    Early August

    The morning garden chatter spoke
    Of the ripening chokecherries:
    In a week the firm green berries
    Have become a plump burgundy.
    
    Soon after the fledglings have flown
    The annual gathering begins
    With errant flights of drunkenness;
    Ending in somber discussions
    Of migratory timeliness.
     (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.

    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

    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

    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.

    “We become strangers to each other”

    We become strangers to each other
    And also to our selves.
    Our paths have strayed
    Although we are together.
    Friendly bonds grow
    To become what they will.
    A painful re-acquaintance is undertaken,
    For we stand at the crossroads—
    Of love?
    
    (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.

    “After you begin”

        After you begin
    Appreciating life
    In its entirety,
    People seem so busy
    In their trivialities—
        Usually involving money.
    
    (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 Fire of Desire

    When finally in possession
    Of the Fire and intense Desire
    To Know who and what you are
    And have Forever been
    Then your innermost Being
    And its empty spaces
    Can begin to be filled
    To overflowing
    With the Light that is
    The only Reality
    That IS
    
    (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 gift was not given”

    The gift was not given
    For obligatory purposes
    On either side.
    Twas given denoting
    A temporary abundance
    On the part of the giver—
    Who knows,
    Later the tables may be turned.
    
    (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.

    “Mislaid Afterthoughts”

    Mislaid Afterthoughts
    Bring new life
    To the afternoon.
    
    (more…)

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