Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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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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Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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Paths II, ii
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The differences appear
To dismember oneness,
And soon all worth is Me,
The love of our neighbor
Degenerates to greed
And hateful jealousy.

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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.

Paths I, iv

             
Love of one can be a vacuum,
   An entangled web zealously spun
   That locks into the narrow sphere
   The unity that is illusion.
When the union grows we resume
   Our direction and walk not crawl
      Up the path to find light of day;
      The million sounds that reach our ear
      Tell of new molds to semi-fired clay.
   In the wind seeds randomly fall
Manifesting flowers in bloom. . .
   Our feelings shared in one and all
   Is the growth toward Love Universal.

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10 to 17 February Afternoons, 1977 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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“Tomorrow – a new day”
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Tomorrow—a new day
To be dealt with as we will.

A new life’s door is before us,
Yet we open yesterdoor
Without thought
In the habit of our ways.
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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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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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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
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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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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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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
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Through Pisces to Aquarius VI

               VI
He continued with the story
Of his latest business venture,
At times interspersed with phone calls
Or news of family and friends.

I wanted to mention the awe
Of first seeing the northern lights
And their frenzied undulations;
At times covering the night sky
With many wild, breathing colors;
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