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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 XII

    If they are unwilling
    Or unable to accept
    The opportunity
    Of the gift now offered
    It will be presented
    Again and yet again
    As it has time after time
    Following the agony
    Of climbing back to face
    Their current dilemma
    And again be confronted
    By the fear of losing
    Individuality
    In the ocean of Oneness
    
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Welcome the Divine Physicians”

    Welcome the Divine Physicians,
    Freely offering their healing powers
    By pouring Gold Rejuvenating Liquid
    Into and on this physical vehicle.
    
    (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.

    “Dreams built on sand”

    Dreams built on sand
    Crumble before our eyes
    And we cannot understand
    Why it is so. . . .
    
    Dreams cascade
    Like waterfalls
    From a sky of rock.
    
    (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.

    First Snow

    Unable to find restful sleep
    I quickly open the closed blinds
    And await the season’s first snow
    With youthful anticipation.
    
    This morning one reluctant leaf
    Barely clings to the cherry tree
    As it gently sways to north winds
    Blowing Snow in and Autumn out.
     (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 hold the key”

    We hold the key
    To see the light
    Of our past failures,
    Yet we stumble through the darkness
    Of daylight
    Without noticing
    Our shortcomings.
    
    (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Other scavengers pluck her tail feathers”

    Other scavengers pluck her tail feathers,
    Limiting the Eagle’s mobility and power.
    One by one the feathers are taken
    Making flight practically impossible.
    
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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.

    July 26, 1976

    The oracle has been cast,
    All prophecies written
    And the script lay beside me,
    Yet I cannot respond.
    
    The sheep are led to slaughter
    With foreknowledge
    Of expected end
    To supposedly read their lines.
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “A death has been knocking at the door”

    A death has been knocking at the door,
    But I refuse to listen and only ignore;
    For Destiny is worth keeping
    These two feet terra firmly seeking
    To extend the never ending Dream
    Beyond personal reality.
    
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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.

    Of Two

    Windy is the night.
    The storms of passion
    Turned out the lights
    And the love and the dreams
    Of Two.
    
    Grey clouds cover all
    In their world
    As the rains fall,
    Streaming down the cheeks
    Of Two.
    
    (more…)

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