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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 IV

    The Light generated within
    Travels up the shining pathway
    Meeting the descending Light Waves
    Exploding near the Heart Center
    Firing the Cross of Creation
    Sending light through arms out fingers
    To enhance the transformation
    Of all life forms on planet Earth
    
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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.

    “Do you fully understand”

    Do you fully understand—
    Your mind? ?   ?   ?    ?
    
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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.

    “Once Again”

    Once again;
            Back to the hub,
            Back to the center.
    
    Drop all pretense,
    Remove those masks.
    
    Take a look in the mirror;
            Honestly,
            Nakedly.
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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.

    Truth

    Look in the mirror
    It will not lie.
    Answer the question—
    Look yourself
    Square in the eye.
    
    Look again,
    What do you see?
    Just a façade—
    Not your identity.
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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.

    Early August

    The morning garden chatter spoke
    Of the ripening chokecherries:
    In a week the firm green berries
    Have become a plump burgundy.
    
    Soon after the fledglings have flown
    The annual gathering begins
    With errant flights of drunkenness;
    Ending in somber discussions
    Of migratory timeliness.
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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.

    Groundhog Day

    Who can distinguish night from day
    In the twilight of history?
    Does this dull light signal nights end,
    Or only the last light of day?
    
    Some believe the sun will soon rise
    To reverse the flow of darkness,
    While others hear the dying screams
    Of their Destiny Manifest.
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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.

    “Dreams built on sand”

    Dreams built on sand
    Crumble before our eyes
    And we cannot understand
    Why it is so. . . .
    
    Dreams cascade
    Like waterfalls
    From a sky of rock.
    
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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.

    One Way or the Other

        In the city,
    Alone
        Becomes mechanical,
    For one must
    Turn off all
        The corruption
        And pollution.
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  • This Poem can be found in

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

    “Swallowing a nostalgic placebo

    Swallowing a nostalgic placebo
    Quickly relieves today’s pain,
    Validating this illusion of life. . .
    Unlived even in finality.
    
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