Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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.
To John Keats
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Creative thought—
That which is progress
Is found in the form of escape, or
Whether it be daydreams or
Balancing on the fence
Between sleep and wake; for it is
Sleep and Poetry.
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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

Greetings

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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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
Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
For Nani
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Don’t postpone living
   Until another day,
For even darkness of night
   Can’t keep the dawn away.
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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

Metamorphosis

Halted during its slow journey to the other side,
A common turtle lay clumsily split in two.
His natural armor offered little protection
From Man’s four-wheel driven nightmare,
And he became just another unlisted casualty.

As the surging ocean’s unrelenting roar
Announces the arrival of land’s end,
A hummingbird prepares for birthing
By hurriedly picking dandelion seeds
To further warm her soon to be filled nest.
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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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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.
Paths II, iv
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Banners of prejudice
Maliciously declare
The misdirected depths
To which we have fallen;
Soon foregoing hope
Of peaceful unity.

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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.

For the New Born

Early morning unfurls
Initial rays of sun,
To touch and feel our world
From distant horizon.

O Newly Born!
Conceived of Love,
Into life you come
This eternal morn.

May you reach the stars
In an abundance of light,
Being as free as you are
Until sunset becomes night.

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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 XV
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The ongoing journey
That initially began
In the static Mind
And imagination
Of the ONE
Continues for aeons
Through the agony
Of separateness
To ultimately return
To the ONE
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