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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 Child’s Bark

    Lurking as a shark
    Is the dog’s empty bark.
    It has pierced your soul
    For tis love she demands
    Not gravy in the bowl.
    
    She is not so unlike us
    In many ways,
    For like a child
    In her innocence she plays.
     (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, v

    The veils of Truth quickly unfold
       When the pure core of faith within
       Is freed from the smothering walls
       That have kept our Real Self hidden.
    Absorbed with Truth’s Light, our foothold
       Presently strengthens us this day
          For any temptations ahead
          That could precipitate a fall
          From the path of awareness we tread.
       With the ascent well underway
    The occulted knowledge is told
       To all those immersed in Love’s ray
       To continue their Divine Way.
    
     (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.

    Bird or Dog

    For years we have acted
    And been treated like—
    Dogs.
    
    We are as free
    As the soaring eagle;
    As active as a 
    Hummingbird,
    Yet we wallow in the mud
    Of our own making, like
    Hogs.
     (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.

    Dream Fragment 8

    Nightly swaying darkly
    Through catacombs of sleep
    Subterranean lives
    Repeat mumbled questions
    To echoing mirrors
    Answered by meteors
    Showering broken glass
    On the highway of hope
    
    Continue to The Promise
    (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

    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 Creative Castle contains”

    The creative castle contains
    Uncountable passageways
    Leading to hallways
    And unopened doors.
    A random selection
    Has been the key.
     (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 V

    Moving ever further
    From the place of her birth
    The mature planet Earth
    Soon found herself at home
    In life’s generating zone
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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.

    Poppies

    Peeking from protective pods,
    We are poppies
    Of indefinable Orange,
    Radiant newborn suns
    Opening these fragile petals
    To explore, find and finally feel
    Our Individual Uniqueness
    At the Center
    Of Being.
    
    Continue to "UnSung May"
    (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 III

    Being third child removed
    From his solar parents
    Mars soon experienced
    A growing family
    With the birth of a child
    That some would call Deimos
    
    He patiently watched
    The surface of his planet
    As it slowly began to form
    The crucial environments
    For the development
    Of a wide variety
    Of plants and animals
     (more…)

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