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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.
    
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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 VIII

           VIII
    The door closed to his apartment,
    After we shook hands as before;
    Yet despite all the small talk shared,
    I knew that I had said little
    To help him understand my world.
    One day I’ll return to visit
    This dark city that knows no night,
    And attempt to communicate
    Thoughts beyond the glass reflections
    That surround this skyscraping world.
    
    (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.

    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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  • 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.

    Paths IA, iv

    Whenever the soul’s descent ceases
       The building process can begin
       To revive the inner strength lost
       When mortal darkness grew within.
    With hope commences the release 
       From our soul’s rebirthing desire
          And the appeal for earthly gain,
          Which was purchased at any cost
          And whose pleasures reaped only pain.
       Sown seeds of hope help to inspire
    Our growing faith for the peace
       On earth that every soul requires
       When climbing paths ever higher.
    
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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.

    “Do you fully understand”

    Do you fully understand—
    Your mind? ?   ?   ?    ?
    
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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 II

    Back and forth the pendulum swings
    Keeping time and in harmony
    With the Universal Heartbeat
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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.

    Birthing III

    We have returned to the crossroads
    Only to find all signs point Home
    
    Again the choice is ours to make
    Of hoping the Child is stillborn
    Further delaying our journey
    As we spin faster and faster
    On the merry-go-round of life
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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 gift was not given”

    The gift was not given
    For obligatory purposes
    On either side.
    Twas given denoting
    A temporary abundance
    On the part of the giver—
    Who knows,
    Later the tables may be turned.
    
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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.

    To John Keats

    Creative thought—
    That which is progress
    Is found in the form of escape, or
    Whether it be daydreams or
    Balancing on the fence
    Between sleep and wake; for it is
    Sleep and Poetry.
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