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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.

    Come Walk With Me

    Father told his son, and I learned:
    Death is a process of Living.
    But I did not then understand:
    Death must also be permitted
    To forever walk by our side
    For Destiny to Manifest
    Beyond this worn circular path
    We have endlessly trudged for years.
     (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.

    Dream Fragment 5

    Smartly dressed in red and black
    The ants climb the green stalks
    Slowly circling and circling
    To coax a tightly wrapped bud
    Open for the hidden pink
    Gift of a peony sun
    Rising over the green mountain
    Of my flowering mind
    
    Continue to Dream Fragment 28
    (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.

    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
    Identify icy islands (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.

    In Praise of Living

    I have awaited the moment
    When you honestly thought of Living
    And not dying before your time.
    That this idea bloomed in winter
    With no trace of snow on the ground,
    Or small patches of blue sky seen
    Through the purgatorial grey,
    Is the bold action possible
    Only when days become windows.
     (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.

    A Prodigal Poet’s Plea

    O Muse, are you here?  I traveled
    Many miles to you.  On bended
    Knees I beg forgiveness.  No more
    Phone calls or letters written.  No
    Distance between us.  Together
    We can quickly cross frozen ground
    And safely return to our home 
    Before darkness leads us astray.
     (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.

    Self Portrait

    Somehow caught in the sands of time,
    Consonants and vowels still commingle
    To slowly waltz across the page.
    In fleeting glimpses of the Eternal,
    This child prodigy of plus forty
    Wanders the deserts day and night
    Endlessly scratching black on white
    In full dress rehearsal of Life.
    
    (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.

    “Tomorrow – a new day”

    Tomorrow—a new day
    To be dealt with as we will.
    
    A new life’s door is before us,
    Yet we open yesterdoor
    Without thought
    In the habit of our ways.
    
    (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “The black walnut tree”

    The black walnut tree
    Stands in majestic silence
    Awaiting winter
    
    Knowing that the falling leaves
    Protect its fallen seed fruit
    
    (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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