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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 Ocean

    The dead carcass that recently washed ashore
    Has been curiously gawked at from afar,
    Repulsively hovered over and stick-poked
    By clutching lovers and beachcombers alike.
    Each successive high tide pushes it further,
    To ultimately rest in odoriferous decay
    On river washed and surf polished stones
    For the seagulls, crows and various insects
    To greedily pick at in ceremonial feast.
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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.

    The Spirit of Phoenix – A Chant

    Rise ye Spirit from the deep,
    Spreading invisible wings for vast flight—
    Sing out loudly the love of life
    And peace on earth of our song.
    Higher, higher do soar,
    Showing your invincible might.
    Bring eyes to those that are blind—
    Banish our worldly thoughts,
    Whisking the sleep from heavy laden lids.
    We look without sight—
    Our senses are dulled.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “Cherish each moment”

    Cherish each moment
    In the presence of petals
    Unfolding rose red
    
    Love patiently residing
    At the Center of Being
    
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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.

    Prayer for the Living

    Rushing, pushing and striving to obtain
    Enlightenment and riches in an hour or a day,
    Leaves us no time whatsoever to wait
    For this Tree to grow tall and oak straight.
    
    Our newly felled sapling becomes
    Another very poor excuse
    For some building material
    Or long dead martyr’s sacred post.
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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.

    Nineteen Ninety One, May Day II

                      II
    In agitated exhaustion, we come
    Seeking Ocean’s restless rejuvenation.
    During the wailing Pacific gales
    Undertows and high, ripping tides
    Reclaim real estate by the acre
    In an attempt to provide safe haven
    For some of this continent under siege.
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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.

    The Swinging Pendulum

    When the fairy tale finally ends
    Our dreams become discordant
    And we find ourselves wandering
    Nakedly alone through the nightmare
    Of knowingly created Existence.
    
    We return guilt ridden to one hour Sundays
    And sing with mechanistic certitude
    The songs rotely learned as absolute,
    Further atrophying our Essence,
    While rejoicing at being saved
    From ourselves.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Lay your pseudo self”

    Lay your pseudo self       
    On the pyre of worldly ambition,
    Releasing it into the illusory world
    Of its own creation,
    And become consumed 
    In the Phoenix Flame
    Of your True Being;
    Allowing its Reality to Become.
    
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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 28

    I stood alone before the moon
    Waning in the sun wondering
    If my shadow would disappear
    And then pulled the hands of the clock
    From my pocket burying them
    Under the rocks without number
    While digging and planting this field
    
    Continue to "Anticipation"
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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.

    Immaculate Conception V

    As motion finally finds rest
    The Golden Spheres of Liquid Light
    Begin weaving a chrysalis
    To encase the Child and its host
    In a protective envelope
    Creating an environment
    For the expanding Consciousness
    To attain OctoAwareness
    Being in perfect Harmony
    With the Universal Heartbeat
    Of the emerging Cosmic Age
    
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