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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.

    Unsung May

    Inside the morning rain
    The summer heat of May
    Departs on the wind
    Whipped white capped lake.  Hail
    
    Dancing to thunder, falls
    Through the sky cracking
    Lightning striking afternoon
    To scatter fragile petals
    Over white grass.  Green stems
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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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  • 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.

    From an Oak Tree

    For long hours	Dreaming
    Resting      Back to trunk
    Enraptured
    By sturdy limbs
    Carrying seeds
    For future generations
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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

    Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    The Promise

    As a constant reminder		
    I taped a yellow
    And a blue crocus
    To the inside of my head
    
    Continue to Night of the Living
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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.

    And All the King’s Men

    We have finally passed the point of no return,
    And during transition from fragile order
    To the Chaos we invited into being,
    Persistent Decay is all that can exist. . .
    
       But, with blinders intact,
          We see it not;
       From positions of power,
          We hear it not;
             Yet, we know. . .
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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.

    “We hold the key”

    We hold the key
    To see the light
    Of our past failures,
    Yet we stumble through the darkness
    Of daylight
    Without noticing
    Our shortcomings.
    
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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.

    New Year’s Eve – SwanSong

           SwanSong
    
    
    Out of the grey sky lake
    The six joined by two
    Appear near the islands
    Flying   Not ducks   not geese
    Eight     Winging in a line
    Tip to wingtip at eye level
    
    Contact with one     Recognition
    Then connection with the gliding
    White feathering Swans approaching
    The shoreline and my doorstep
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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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