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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.

    To Steve Moore

    One cannot be held
    For his lack of consistency.
    We must be free thinkers—
    Always progressing.
    And if at any point
    We feel we know
    The absolute Truth for everything,
    We must
    And have an obligation to
    Write it down—
        And jump from a bridge,
        For our worth is done.
    
    (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 history we hold so dear”

    The history we hold so dear
    Study and dwell on is
    Rubbish quite clear
        And deserves that end.
    
    If we cannot learn
    From its sad tale
    We might as well burn
    In our hell, or
    Set Noah’s sail.
    
    (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.

    To Her

    I fondle you 
    In my mind
        Only to feel
        Your existence
        And presence.
    
    (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, vi

    Is the heaven we seek beyond,
       Or a divine flame within us?
       To reach out, grasping distant star
       Is opening the heart to trust
    In a divinely loving bond.
       The seeds of immortality
          In each individual soul
          Lie dormant, to sprout at any hour,
          As we dwarf or nurture their very goal.
       If the quest be made lovingly,
    Our eternal life will greet the dawn;
       Awakening the asleep to see
       Heaven’s all encompassing glory.
    
     (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 IA, iii

    Become one with God in silence
       And the Light will forever shine
       To illumine each darkened day
       With knowledge of our gifts divine.
    When immersed in His eternal presence
      The Life Immortal grows within,
          Opening formerly locked doors
          So as to view heaven’s stairway
          To existence forevermore.
       Love of God is the origin
    Which sparks the needed diligence
       To find centered in His doctrine
       The divine flame which is our twin.
    
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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.

    FrogSong

    My sleeping soul 
    Awakened with a smile
    When a Frog sang     Memory
    Of its unique music
    Echoed through the rain
    And endless cloudy days
    To many years past     Youth
    Innocence    The world’s and mine
     (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.

    In the Shaman’s Breath

                     I
    O Shaman Shaman
    With cold penetrating breath
    Having been pushed to the edge
    Will you reveal a chilling death?
     (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 Nani

    Don’t postpone living
       Until another day,
    For even darkness of night
       Can’t keep the dawn away.
     (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.

    Autumn

    I sit with autumn
    Entering the prairie,
    While spring is
    Eternally reborn.
    
    A tear momentarily
    Distorts perspective
    For departure
    Looms on the horizon.
     (more…)

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