Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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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.
“The history we hold so dear”
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The history we hold so dear
Study and dwell on is
Rubbish quite clear
    And deserves that end.

If we cannot learn
From its sad tale
We might as well burn
In our hell, or
Set Noah’s sail.
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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 IA, v

The veils of Truth quickly unfold
   When the pure core of faith within
   Is freed from the smothering walls
   That have kept our Real Self hidden.
Absorbed with Truth’s Light, our foothold
   Presently strengthens us this day
      For any temptations ahead
      That could precipitate a fall
      From the path of awareness we tread.
   With the ascent well underway
The occulted knowledge is told
   To all those immersed in Love’s ray
   To continue their Divine Way.

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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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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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FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

“Relationships change”

Relationships change
Between student and teacher
When autumn transforms

Green to gold departing leaves
Feeding the earth      Becoming

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“Cherish each moment”

Cherish each moment
In the presence of petals
Unfolding rose red

Love patiently residing
At the Center of Being

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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, i

                 
I leave the world of thoughts supine!
   To see the twilight of desire
   Mirrored in the changed face I meet
   Helps reduce the heat of passion’s fire
While dwelling anew beyond time
   In a vision’s view of beauty rare.
      Through infant eyes of clarity
      The virgin worlds of this life, greet
      All past reflections placidly;
   Ascending new heights on the stair,
Come to rest at the balance line
   Between minds laid openly bare
   And mature fetters of dead despair.

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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
“Swallowing a nostalgic placebo
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Swallowing a nostalgic placebo
Quickly relieves today’s pain,
Validating this illusion of life. . .
Unlived even in finality.
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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.
“It is now winter”
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It is now winter;
The end—
The beginning—
And an avalanche of thought
For everyone.
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