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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.
     (more…)

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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.

    Children of the Sun V

    Moving ever further
    From the place of her birth
    The mature planet Earth
    Soon found herself at home
    In life’s generating zone
     (more…)

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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.

    Faces of the City

    Blankly walking the shadowed streets
    Where this world and that too often meet,
    A feeling of Truth’s impassioned rage
    Suddenly jolts and jars the bars
    Surrounding the serenely caged.
    
    Cracked pavement lines the faces
    Groping for any reality
    Which produces ways to end
    These sleepless nights and wakeful days.
    
    (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “I Am That I Am”

    I Am That I Am
    Preceded the Fall of Man
    And will always Be
    
    The fulcrum of existence
    To project identity
    
    (more…)

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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 IA, xi

    During the early budding years
       The Holy Spirit will descend
       To live in the sacred temple,
       Becoming advisor and friend.
    When Heaven’s voice pierces the ear,
       Our Inner Peace gathers the might
          To pass all of temptation’s tests;
          For in the speaking of His Will
          We help establish the conquest
       Of evil’s all engulfing fright.
    With the Kingdom of Heaven near
       His ever radiant Light
       Produces wings for the coming flight.
    
     (more…)

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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.

    Beyond

    With strength of mind
    And purpose,
    One may 
    Force the Seer
    To close his eyes
    In perplexing confusion,
    Thusly freeing
    The sixth sense
    From becoming
    Someone’s bondage,
    God and guiding light.
    
    (more…)

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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.

    “White caps appear between the grey”

    White caps appear between the grey
    Of the free and angry sea,
    As I stand with hands pocket deep
    Tasting the salt spray on my lips.
    
    Wind blown tresses cover my face.
    Whisking them away
    I feel the flame of your presence;
    Turning I meet your ambient eyes
    And again I’m warm with you near.
    
    (more…)

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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 Prophetic Wind

    Children of the Barbarian:
    Your days may seem without number,
    But can be counted nonetheless.
    By worshipping gods of progress
    Your essence has been forsaken.
    When this Truth is comprehended
    The sudden, outraged reaction
    Will not halt the polluted flow
    Of your futureless future dream.
     (more…)

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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.

    “Is it valid to”

    Is it valid to 
    Orderly push
    Ones mind—
    Milking it
    Expanding it
    Thinking. . . .
    Being?
    
    (more…)

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