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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.

    A Dream

    I am with Child
    I sense its presence
    I feel its movement
    I know its thoughts
    
    Finally I understand
    The Cosmic Child is within me
    Restlessly waiting to be Birthed
    Into the Light of a New Day
    
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “Loons softly paddling”

    Loons softly paddling
    Under a mostly full moon
    Begin mimicking
    
    The boisterous blathering
    Of the inebriated
    
    (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.

    Through Pisces to Aquarius VII

               VII
    Techutopia promises
    Love that can only emanate
    From the mind and not from the soul.
    This love of things or position
    Is pornography from the dead
    To a dying humanity.
    The new scriptural messages,
    Read from the pulpits of the church
    Of our perpetual progress,
    Are broadcast through the media
    All day and night, all night and day.
     (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.

    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.
    
    (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.

    At Home in Hope

    Inside a dream 
           Images and faces
           Melt into Oneness
    
    Sunrise touches the lake
    Shadows disappear
    The mountains admire
          Their own reflection
    While nasturtiums slow dance
          To silent and soft breezes
     (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.

    The Owl

    The owl has spoken
    His final piece
    As a token
    Of his inner peace.
    
    With ease flow his feelings
    While clear is his fear
    That the love he is giving
    May not last the year.
     (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.

    Venus

    After many centuries in abeyance
    The winds of Venus are blowing
    To again wreak havoc in our lives.
    
    Red, yellow and blue planetary visions
    Kaleidoscopically change in minutes,
    Sending cracks through our emotional core
    And chilling the superficial warmth
    Of all shallow rooted relationships.
     (more…)

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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 III

    Undivided    Unconditioned
    Incorruptible Light pulses
    Through a possible Future Age
    Into the timelessness of Now
    To nourish the Child and its host
    As they both rapidly mature
    Through transformational stages
    To ultimately coexist
    In the Oneness of Cosmic Man
    
     (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.

    “Help is coming”

    Help is coming—
    It is in your mind
    If you stop your games
    And find the time.
    
    And if you look
    You still can see
    Your non-existence
    Must cease to be.
    
    (more…)

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