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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.

    Truth

    Look in the mirror
    It will not lie.
    Answer the question—
    Look yourself
    Square in the eye.
    
    Look again,
    What do you see?
    Just a façade—
    Not your identity.
     (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.

    “Poetry is flowing today”

    Poetry is flowing today;
    Thoughts of John Keats
    Not so far away—
    Neither in his verse
    Nor of his time,
    But writing only to release
    Others so they may find
    A smile on their lips
    And no fear in the mind.
     (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.

    Remember Not to Forget

    The mountains have been moved.
    There are cracks in the walls
    Of personal and societal brick.
    As the flower Terra grows,
    Forming a perfect bud,
    We see in its emergence
    Living visions of a future
    Mankind has always known.
     (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 Map

    I AM the Eighth Energetic
    Located at the nexus point
    Within the Cross of Creation
    Now ready for You to Open
    
    Find it   Know it and Realize
    The One You are Destined to Be
    
     (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 III

                 III
    The seeds of empty promises
    Soon sprout a shallow happiness
    That flowers as despairing rage
    In those benefiting the least
    From material convenience.
    Cities violently erupt,
    Becoming harbingers of fear
    That quickly spread throughout the land.
     (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.

    Greetings, My Friend

         Today
    This hand
    Reached out
    
    You withdrew
    Unwilling
    To stretch your hand
    Across the chasm
    Of time and change
    
         Widening
     (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.

    The Eve of Uncertainty

    Reaching for the eternal flux;
    Leaving the old
    To enter the new—
    Cosmically.
     (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.

    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

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

    Paths II, iv

    Banners of prejudice
    Maliciously declare
    The misdirected depths
    To which we have fallen;
    Soon foregoing hope
    Of peaceful unity.
    
     (more…)

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