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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “The lone house watches”

    The lone house watches
    Summer residents depart
    The October chill
    
    Awaiting winter solstice
    And hibernating Nature
    
    (more…)

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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.

    Beyond

    With strength of mind
    And purpose,
    One may 
    Force the Seer
    To close his eyes
    In perplexing confusion,
    Thusly freeing
    The sixth sense
    From becoming
    Someone’s bondage,
    God and guiding light.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    From an Oak Tree

    For long hours	Dreaming
    Resting      Back to trunk
    Enraptured
    By sturdy limbs
    Carrying seeds
    For future generations
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    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “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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  • 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.

    Every Day

    Live every day,
    May it be your last.
    Love every winging bird,
    Every blade of grass.
    
    The rain from the heavens,
    The warmth of the sun;
    Breathe and touch all life
    With Love and Affection
    Till your day is done.
    
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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 I, x

    The paths pitfalls are ever near
       Blinding direction’s future goal,
       For without flowing purity
       We greet the all engulfing hole
    And don ego’s conquesting spear.
       We pause at the unmarked crossroads
          For our daily meditation
          And gain the strength and clarity
          Of heaven sent revelation,
       Purging dark forces that corrode.
    All the question’s answers ring clear
       When each walking Love’s lighted road
       Lives according to the divine code.
    
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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.

    Greetings

    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.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Immaculate Conception II

    Back and forth the pendulum swings
    Keeping time and in harmony
    With the Universal Heartbeat
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  • This Poem can be found in

    The One - New, First Edition available January 2013.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Children of the Sun XIII

    The solar family met
    To hear the announcement
    Of the long rumored birth
    Of another child planet
    In a not too distant
    Future galactic time
     (more…)

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