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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.

    Prairie Cleansing

    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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  • 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.

    Empty Garden

    Yesterday, the thought, if imaginable,
    Would have been quickly dismissed.
    Yet today, I know and can feel
    A complete Emptiness in my head;
    And at this moment, begin to wonder
    Whether I should attempt to fill it
    With something new and meaningful.
     (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.

    Well Traveled Road

    You tell me
    That by walking the same road,
    You see more each time.
    Possibly. . .
    Minute details appear
    That your mind was unable
    To comprehend the first,
    Second or third time.
    But does that logically erase
    The possibility of another route?
    I wonder what an alternate path
    Has to offer?
    
    (more…)

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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.

    For Ocean

    The dead carcass that recently washed ashore
    Has been curiously gawked at from afar,
    Repulsively hovered over and stick-poked
    By clutching lovers and beachcombers alike.
    Each successive high tide pushes it further,
    To ultimately rest in odoriferous decay
    On river washed and surf polished stones
    For the seagulls, crows and various insects
    To greedily pick at in ceremonial feast.
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “From zero stillness”

    From zero stillness
    The arrow of your desire
    Creates the target
    
    (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.

    “As long as”

    As long as
    We keep telling
    Ourselves
        Love and Compassion
    Are idealistic—
    They will remain such.
    
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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.

    Far Away

    Far away the children play
    In a world shrouded in innocence.
    Let them play—
    And learn to deal with life.
     (more…)

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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.

    Sonnet to a Flyer

    As we slowly leave the earth to ascend
    Through clouds of our vision, toward infinity,
    The heavens become our companion and friend.
    Vast horizons unfold for eyes to see;
    And while all of nature seems within reach,
    Man’s miniature world begins to be dwarfed
    By Creation’s splendor beyond all speech.
    Behind us the sun sinks in shades of red;
    Twilight brings the last quarter moon in view,
    Darkness descends, stars winking into sight,
    The Milky Way lightens the sky anew,
    Flying east through the timelessness of night.
    Light grows ahead, a new day being born;
    With the sun we rise to heaven this morn.
    
    Continue to The Cul De Sac of Growth
    (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.

    For Brenda

           Poetry
    Is the fragrance
    	Of each moment
           Inhaled
    	During each life
           Exhaled
    	Toward a future
           Envisioned
    	Now
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