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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Begin the painful deprogramming”

    Begin the painful deprogramming
    To find the Balance
    Necessary to recognize Truth
    
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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.

    Sonnet to a Flyer

    As we slowly leave the earth to ascend
    Through clouds of our vision, toward infinity,
    The heavens become our companion and friend.
    Vast horizons unfold for eyes to see;
    And while all of nature seems within reach,
    Man’s miniature world begins to be dwarfed
    By Creation’s splendor beyond all speech.
    Behind us the sun sinks in shades of red;
    Twilight brings the last quarter moon in view,
    Darkness descends, stars winking into sight,
    The Milky Way lightens the sky anew,
    Flying east through the timelessness of night.
    Light grows ahead, a new day being born;
    With the sun we rise to heaven this morn.
    
    Continue to The Cul De Sac of Growth
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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, ii

                      
    We progress beyond thoughts of one
       Inwardly growing hand in hand.
       The sprouting seeds from ego’s hub
       Bring forth trees in desolate sand
    To light the path beyond the sun.
       Together we greet the new day
          Outwardly radiant, and purge
          From self the demon Beelzebub.
          Thwarting greed and desires that surge
       We cleanse the soul, halting decay.
    With death of selfish pride begun
       We don plumes in brilliant array
       Walking and old, yet newfound way.
    
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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.

    Epiphany on the Palouse – D. A Diagram

    The Birth of NonPoetry
    Ultimately brought Balance
    To the world of literature.
    
                  NonPoetry
    
    Non Fiction     Walla	  Fiction
                                        
                   Poetry
    
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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.

    Epiphany on the Palouse – A. Testimonial

    The road to disability began
    When Mensa disallowed my score
    Of one hundred and ninety seven;
    Discovering the redundant
    Rhyme scheme answers:
    A BAD CEED CA B
    On major sections of the nineteen
    Sixty seven IQ exam.
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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.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “The tree in the seed”

    The tree in the seed
    Knows its full maturity
    As our Cosmic Self
    
    Knows its Immortality
    In the zero of silence
    
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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.

    “It is now winter”

    It is now winter;
    The end—
    The beginning—
    And an avalanche of thought
    For everyone.
    
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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, v

    Hateful utterances
    Express our bigotry;
    As caught in the whirlwind
    Thoughts of mass minds decay
    We lose the direction
    Of formerly trod ways.
    
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