Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
I
We began by innocently
Throwing stones and brandishing clubs.
Arrows, spears and slings for the hunt
Soon become swords and catapults;
Armor, moats and castles surround
A fearfully huddled people
That quickly develop methods
To raise levels of violence.
Revenge. Many lives for a life
Accelerates the race toward death.
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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
Children of the Barbarian: Your days may seem without number, But can be counted nonetheless. By worshipping gods of progress Your essence has been forsaken. When this Truth is comprehended The sudden, outraged reaction Will not halt the polluted flow Of your futureless future dream. (more…)
Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
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.
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FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
Cherish each moment In the presence of petals Unfolding rose red Love patiently residing At the Center of Being(more…)
METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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At last! Blue sky on the horizon,
Or is it another approaching storm?
It’s getting harder and harder to tell.
Is that snow drifting,
Or cherry blossoms carried
In the wind of life’s passing?
And who really knows if it’s winter,
Spring, summer or fall?
All substance seems forever lost
In these short notes seldom written;
And once more, out of touch,
Lost in, or out of time,
This reflection takes a deep breath
And gathers the strength to continue
Its purgatorial existence
As merely a shadow of itself.
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Within your sights is Life,
Breathing.
Can it be seen?
Can this miracle be felt
In a heart beating fast,
Or a breath being held?
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Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
The differences appear To dismember oneness, And soon all worth is Me, The love of our neighbor Degenerates to greed And hateful jealousy. (more…)
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.
Wherever I go,
It remains so. . .
At my side
You walk,
In my mind
We talk.
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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
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.
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