Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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Children of the Sun III

Being third child removed
From his solar parents
Mars soon experienced
A growing family
With the birth of a child
That some would call Deimos

He patiently watched
The surface of his planet
As it slowly began to form
The crucial environments
For the development
Of a wide variety
Of plants and animals
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“As long as”
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As long as
We keep telling
Ourselves
    Love and Compassion
Are idealistic—
They will remain such.
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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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Children of the Sun I
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Currently residing
Between her two siblings
Venus and Mars
The blue jeweled planet
On whose surface we ride
Revolves around its parent
Through the galactic night

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Adieu Once Again

The veil of history is lifting.
     The mind’s eye opens. . .
          Seeing, feeling, re-experiencing
          The lives we have shared
          And the innumerable times
               Our paths have crossed;
     The past events race by,
          As we, the minor characters
          In the eternally flowing
               Play of life—
               Intermingle.
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10 to 17 February Afternoons, 1977 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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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.
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Children of the Sun VI

Again as before
On the third planet
Thinking inhabitants
Began to emerge
To begin the journey
Countless generations
Of distant relatives
Had previously taken
Through multiple stages
Of individual growth
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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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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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