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, 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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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.
Bird or Dog
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For years we have acted
And been treated like—
Dogs.

We are as free
As the soaring eagle;
As active as a 
Hummingbird,
Yet we wallow in the mud
Of our own making, like
Hogs.
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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 V
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Moving ever further
From the place of her birth
The mature planet Earth
Soon found herself at home
In life’s generating zone
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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.

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.
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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 II
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               II
Hiroshima!  Nagasaki!
The bomb explodes inside the mind,
Imprinting the horror within
Each living and unborn psyche.
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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.

“Do we sink, swim”

Do we sink, swim
Or endlessly tread water?
This seesaw life of constant choice
Must yield to the Balance within
If Existence is to continue.

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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.

Poppies

Peeking from protective pods,
We are poppies
Of indefinable Orange,
Radiant newborn suns
Opening these fragile petals
To explore, find and finally feel
Our Individual Uniqueness
At the Center
Of Being.

Continue to "UnSung May"

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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.

Alphabet Parade

Amber arguments ask answers
Before blue bereaving berets
Can change certain colored candles
Dripping down diners delivering
Exotic erotic earthly eggrolls
For foreign film fanatics
Growing gangrenous garden grapes
Heavenly helping homemakers
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