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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.

    Venus

    After many centuries in abeyance
    The winds of Venus are blowing
    To again wreak havoc in our lives.
    
    Red, yellow and blue planetary visions
    Kaleidoscopically change in minutes,
    Sending cracks through our emotional core
    And chilling the superficial warmth
    Of all shallow rooted relationships.
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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.

    Atlantis Revisited

    All these deluded attempts
    To dwell, either in past
    Or future illusory times
    Of lives importantly lived
    Only fill diviners’ coffers.
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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.

    Adieu Once Again

    The veil of history is lifting.
         The mind’s eye opens. . .
              Seeing, feeling, re-experiencing
              The lives we have shared
              And the innumerable times
                   Our paths have crossed;
         The past events race by,
              As we, the minor characters
              In the eternally flowing
                   Play of life—
                   Intermingle.
     (more…)

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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

    METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    “This key is forever yours”

    This key is forever yours.
    The doormat awaits your step
    And the door
    Your unlocking.
    
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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.

    “Mislaid Afterthoughts”

    Mislaid Afterthoughts
    Bring new life
    To the afternoon.
    
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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

    Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Paths IA, vi

    In contact with the Holy Choir
       Our Spirit’s intense fire rages
       To help ward off the earthly thoughts
       That have swallowed Man for ages
    In the quicksands of mortal mire.
      When locked in Higher Truth’s domain
          We precipitate our soul’s reunion
          With our Spirit, and can pilot
          This newfound self’s total union.
       Becoming a link in His chain
    Helps fulfill the Divine Desire
       For Humanity to regain
       The lost oneness of Eden’s reign.
    
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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.

    “Help is coming”

    Help is coming—
    It is in your mind
    If you stop your games
    And find the time.
    
    And if you look
    You still can see
    Your non-existence
    Must cease to be.
    
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