Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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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, 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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FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
“Clear Easter morning”
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Clear Easter morning
Fresh snow on the mountaintop
Difficult ascent
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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.

The Swinging Pendulum

When the fairy tale finally ends
Our dreams become discordant
And we find ourselves wandering
Nakedly alone through the nightmare
Of knowingly created Existence.

We return guilt ridden to one hour Sundays
And sing with mechanistic certitude
The songs rotely learned as absolute,
Further atrophying our Essence,
While rejoicing at being saved
From ourselves.

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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.
“We have passed this way before”
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We have passed this way before
On our journey to the lake.
We have seen the rapids,
The falls and the pools
Of life,
Of Man,
Yet we continue our trek
For the cycle
Never ends.
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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 Creative Castle contains”
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The creative castle contains
Uncountable passageways
Leading to hallways
And unopened doors.
A random selection
Has been the key.
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FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

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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“Insects and birds sing”
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Insects and birds sing
An autumnal opera
On Afton Mountain

Passionate in the moment
With no thought for tomorrow
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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.
“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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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

“A death has been knocking at the door”

A death has been knocking at the door,
But I refuse to listen and only ignore;
For Destiny is worth keeping
These two feet terra firmly seeking
To extend the never ending Dream
Beyond personal reality.

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