Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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Listening Point

Pend d’Oreille, remember the time
Before time when in the womb 
Of your mother Lake Missoula
You heard her tell of the upheaval
That violently birthed these mountains;
When horizontal layers of rock
Instantly pitched to angles
That today disorient my eye;
Appearing to fall directly
Into their own reflection.
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Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
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Paths, I, ii

                  
We progress beyond thoughts of one
   Inwardly growing hand in hand.
   The sprouting seeds from ego’s hub
   Bring forth trees in desolate sand
To light the path beyond the sun.
   Together we greet the new day
      Outwardly radiant, and purge
      From self the demon Beelzebub.
      Thwarting greed and desires that surge
   We cleanse the soul, halting decay.
With death of selfish pride begun
   We don plumes in brilliant array
   Walking and old, yet newfound way.

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“Fireflies at twilight”

Fireflies at twilight
Illumine the Blue Ridge Christ
As it catches leaves

Blown from the disrobing trees
On winds of changing season

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Atlantis Revisited
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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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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

“Welcome the Divine Physicians”

Welcome the Divine Physicians,
Freely offering their healing powers
By pouring Gold Rejuvenating Liquid
Into and on this physical vehicle.

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Kalaloch Midnight
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Day and night, mist
Drizzle and fog.
The tide comes in,
The tide goes out.
Land.  Ocean.  Grey
Mirror images
Roaring, boiling
Raw, chattering
Minds to Silence.
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The Cul de Sac of Growth

Innocence blesses our early waxing years—
The freedom possessed though not known
Is a release from prejudice, hate and fear,
Until seeds of worldly knowledge are sown.

The senses pleasures become our growth,
As pushing and striving for distant gain
We cast aside the heavenly oath
To replace universal love with mortal pain.
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Paths I, iv

             
Love of one can be a vacuum,
   An entangled web zealously spun
   That locks into the narrow sphere
   The unity that is illusion.
When the union grows we resume
   Our direction and walk not crawl
      Up the path to find light of day;
      The million sounds that reach our ear
      Tell of new molds to semi-fired clay.
   In the wind seeds randomly fall
Manifesting flowers in bloom. . .
   Our feelings shared in one and all
   Is the growth toward Love Universal.

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Greetings, My Friend
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     Today
This hand
Reached out

You withdrew
Unwilling
To stretch your hand
Across the chasm
Of time and change

     Widening
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