Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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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.

Paths I, xi

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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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.
“Unable for so long to smile”
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Unable for so long to smile—
Tense facial muscles ache,
Yes one’s heart has grown
Three fold.

The body relaxes
From previously unthinkable
And unknown tensions.
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FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

A Prodigal Poet’s Plea

O Muse, are you here?  I traveled
Many miles to you.  On bended
Knees I beg forgiveness.  No more
Phone calls or letters written.  No
Distance between us.  Together
We can quickly cross frozen ground
And safely return to our home 
Before darkness leads us astray.
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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.

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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“Fireflies at twilight”

Fireflies at twilight
Illumine the Blue Ridge Christ
As it catches leaves

Blown from the disrobing trees
On winds of changing season

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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.

Dream Fragment 11

Between blanket and moon
Exhausted stars vibrate
On this excited flesh
Burning over passion
Fulfilled and expectant
Sensing an angel’s touch
From digits descending
Through heavens reflection

Continue to "July Morning"

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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.
“Help is coming”
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Help is coming—
It is in your mind
If you stop your games
And find the time.

And if you look
You still can see
Your non-existence
Must cease to be.
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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.
“Another day”
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Another day    
Today
As bright and fresh
As any day ever.

Today
Is upon
Us all.
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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.

July 26, 1976

The oracle has been cast,
All prophecies written
And the script lay beside me,
Yet I cannot respond.

The sheep are led to slaughter
With foreknowledge
Of expected end
To supposedly read their lines.
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