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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

    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.

    “Anticipation in waiting”

    Anticipation
    In waiting—
    In loving—
    In living???
    
    (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.

    A Reminder

    While watching for signs that confirm
    The birthing process has begun
    Those who chose to return again
    For personal transformation
    Soon remember their commitment
    To not only be a witness
    During the coming transition
    But also to be of assistance
    To any and all on the Way
    Out of the dark   Into the Light
    
     (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.

    Children of the Sun XIV

    With the expected birth
    Into the solar family
    Of another child
    Siblings will again shift
    To drift further away
    From the place of their birth
    And into the comfort
    Of newly found orbits
     (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.

    “Is it valid to”

    Is it valid to 
    Orderly push
    Ones mind—
    Milking it
    Expanding it
    Thinking. . . .
    Being?
    
    (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.

    “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.
    
    (more…)

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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.

    July Morning

    Through the pink falling rain
    The illusive catbird
    Clearly calls me by name
    
    Hanging from folded clouds
    Rainbow fragments
    Vanish     Reappear    
    Then lengthen and double     
    Brushstroking
    The reflected mountains
    To leave the lake awash
    In kaleidoscopic color
     (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 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

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

    Paths I, xi

    Once beyond the cyclic madness
       We view the pinnacle ahead,
       Giving thanks for not being listed
       Today among the living dead,
    Or those falling in their gladness
       To the games of the charlatan.
          Embody the ever eternal flame
          Uncoiling the torn and twisted
          Ways, for which there is only blame.
       Interpret the Divine Musician
    Playing chords that brighten sadness
       And be the Good Samaritan
       In which grows the Natural Man.
    
     (more…)

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