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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.

    Communication

    There were those we could not
    	Communicate with then.
    There are those that still
    	Cannot be reached,
    Yet some with which
    	We are together
    For their knowledge
    That Communication transcends death.
    
    (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.

    Kalaloch Midnight

    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.
     (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.

    And All the King’s Men

    We have finally passed the point of no return,
    And during transition from fragile order
    To the Chaos we invited into being,
    Persistent Decay is all that can exist. . .
    
       But, with blinders intact,
          We see it not;
       From positions of power,
          We hear it not;
             Yet, we know. . .
     (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.

    Children of the Sun II

    Many aeons ago
    As the Sun birthed Venus
    The molten planet Earth
    Began to rapidly cool
    As it found residence
    In the humid orbit
    Older brother Mars
    Previously called home
     (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.

    “White caps appear between the grey”

    White caps appear between the grey
    Of the free and angry sea,
    As I stand with hands pocket deep
    Tasting the salt spray on my lips.
    
    Wind blown tresses cover my face.
    Whisking them away
    I feel the flame of your presence;
    Turning I meet your ambient eyes
    And again I’m warm with you near.
    
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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, x

    A wedding of diverse forces
       Within the newly evolved Man
       Creates an everlasting fire
       Where the flickering flame began.
    Our journey’s return to the source
       Is often difficultly slow;
          Becoming heaven’s instrument
          We soon lose our earthly desire,
          While donning the sacred garment
       Of His ever eternal flow.
    Once on the straight and narrow course
       The Man Divine must surely grow
       From celestial embryo.
    
     (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.

    Birthday

    The gift on your doorstep
    Today
    Was imagined and created
    Yesterday
    With every thought
    Word and deed
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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.

    “Poetry is flowing today”

    Poetry is flowing today;
    Thoughts of John Keats
    Not so far away—
    Neither in his verse
    Nor of his time,
    But writing only to release
    Others so they may find
    A smile on their lips
    And no fear in the mind.
     (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.

    Nineteen Ninety One, May Day IV

                           IV
    The Storm’s unseen terror has finally abated,
    Yet chill winds still blow around the planet.
    Except prayers to a savior arriving in the clouds
    Or a welcome to beings from distant galaxies,
    Jingoism’s omnipresent message
    Offers little, if any, forum for earthly appeal,
    Condemning unbelievers in peace through strength,
    And peacekeeper weapons of mass destruction
    To peeking at the future from assigned ratholes.
    
     (more…)

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