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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

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    For My Sons

    While floating down the River of Life,
    Do not allow yourself to be forever drawn
    Along with the current of popular thought,
    For it is not necessarily Truth.
    
    Occasionally search the eddies and backwaters,
    Sifting through the mud, sand and stone.
    Rest often, alone, on its sun drenched bank,
    Viewing the turbulent flow as one removed.
     (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 gift was not given”

    The gift was not given
    For obligatory purposes
    On either side.
    Twas given denoting
    A temporary abundance
    On the part of the giver—
    Who knows,
    Later the tables may be turned.
    
    (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

    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 IX

    Mother Earth shared her concern
    For the lonely existence
    And wayward actions
    Of her restless children
    With the older members
    Of her solar family
     (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.

    “Is it valid to”

    Is it valid to 
    Orderly push
    Ones mind—
    Milking it
    Expanding it
    Thinking. . . .
    Being?
    
    (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.

    Birthing II

    With each new contraction chaos
    Further shakes a society
    Overpopulated with fear
    And addicted to the image
    Of a glorious history
    Seen as manifest destiny
    
    Unwilling to wake from this dream
    Some attempt to halt the coming
    Of something beyond their control
    And ability to understand
    
     (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.

    Laine

    Tis your rhyme
    That transcends all time.
    Tis my mind
    To you I send this time.
     (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.

    Candlelight (For Aldous Huxley)

    Its flame is a unifying force,
    Illuminating the once dark,
    Giving dimension to technopomorphic entities,
    Bringing light and undulating shadows
    To once bleak walls.
    
    It opens your eyes for you see,
    It is your heart and soul,
    For you feel and love
    In your mind’s trance.
    All known senses are keen
    And the unknown seem within grasp.
     (more…)

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