Today This hand Reached out You withdrew Unwilling To stretch your hand Across the chasm Of time and change Widening (more…)
FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
Relationships change Between student and teacher When autumn transforms Green to gold departing leaves Feeding the earth Becoming(more…)
Mother Earth shared her concern For the lonely existence And wayward actions Of her restless children With the older members Of her solar family (more…)
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.
It is now winter; The end— The beginning— And an avalanche of thought For everyone.(more…)
METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
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…)
Listening and learning From her older siblings She then sought the council Of her solar parent (more…)
Inside a dream Images and faces Melt into Oneness Sunrise touches the lake Shadows disappear The mountains admire Their own reflection While nasturtiums slow dance To silent and soft breezes (more…)
METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
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.[audio src="https://www.sunrisetortoise.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Greetings.mp3"]
Angers away Eastward Floating Heavy cluttered mind Baggage cast aside Lakes mountains trees Gone Forgotten Blind traveling folded Into Saskatchewan sun Rising over fence lines Touching blue domed sky (more…)
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