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Featured Poems

  • 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.

    Prairie Cleansing

    Angers away  Eastward
                 Floating
    Heavy cluttered mind
    Baggage cast aside
    	
    Lakes   mountains   trees
    Gone        Forgotten
    Blind traveling folded
    Into Saskatchewan sun
    Rising over fence lines
    Touching blue domed sky
     (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.

    “Another day”

    Another day    
    Today
    As bright and fresh
    As any day ever.
    
    Today
    Is upon
    Us all.
    
    (more…)
  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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
    (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

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

    Self Portrait

    Somehow caught in the sands of time,
    Consonants and vowels still commingle
    To slowly waltz across the page.
    In fleeting glimpses of the Eternal,
    This child prodigy of plus forty
    Wanders the deserts day and night
    Endlessly scratching black on white
    In full dress rehearsal of Life.
    
    (more…)

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