Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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Children of the Sun IX
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Mother Earth shared her concern
For the lonely existence
And wayward actions
Of her restless children
With the older members
Of her solar family
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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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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
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Through Pisces to Aquarius III

             III
The seeds of empty promises
Soon sprout a shallow happiness
That flowers as despairing rage
In those benefiting the least
From material convenience.
Cities violently erupt,
Becoming harbingers of fear
That quickly spread throughout the land.
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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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Children of the Sun XI
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He then reminded her
That on the third planet
Few have been successful
Acquiring the knowledge
Necessary to live
As the enlightened ones
They will someday become
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10 to 17 February Afternoons, 1977 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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Crutches
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We all have crutches,
It would be a lie to deny it.

We must therefore decide
Which are needed to keep Man
On this side,
Just above the line
Between we and animals.
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Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
“Today a feeling has possessed me”
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Today a feeling has possessed me
Of Life and a Love
For Man and Nature.

A calm understanding grows
In a body
Which a disturbed restlessness
Once called home.
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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
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Through Pisces to Aquarius VIII

       VIII
The door closed to his apartment,
After we shook hands as before;
Yet despite all the small talk shared,
I knew that I had said little
To help him understand my world.
One day I’ll return to visit
This dark city that knows no night,
And attempt to communicate
Thoughts beyond the glass reflections
That surround this skyscraping world.

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Nineteen Ninety One, May Day II

                  II
In agitated exhaustion, we come
Seeking Ocean’s restless rejuvenation.
During the wailing Pacific gales
Undertows and high, ripping tides
Reclaim real estate by the acre
In an attempt to provide safe haven
For some of this continent under siege.
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