Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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Pear Blossoms

A chickadee messenger warns
Of grosbeaks waiting by the feeder
In a hypothermic daze.
Late April.  Wind, rain, sleet and hail
Hasten the daffodils demise.
Now, tulips are reluctant,
Oriental poppies terrified.

With seed and wood in short supply
I try to calculate the number
Of times the hourglass must be turned
Before the pear blossoms appear.

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Epiphany on the Palouse – B. The Plea

Therefore, I petition the bored;
Referring to section seven,
First Amendment to the Second
Law of Diminishing Audience
To become a standing member
Or one sitting within sight of
The          Society        for		
The          Prevention     of
             Disabled
             Poets.

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“When the True Self Hears”

When your True Self Hears
The Universal One Speak
The Language of Light

You will Fully Comprehend
Rhythmic Balanced Interchange

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Paths IA, vii

At the river today we stand
   In newfound unity of life,
   Prepared to cross its rough waters,
   Leaving behind yin and yang’s strife
For Brahman’s universal hand.
   The initiates come ashore
      Greeted by the forces of Light
      And are given the Love scepter
      After Baptism’s holy right.
   The lessons of eternal splendor
Are taught by Masters from all lands
   To any ready to explore
   The Kingdom through Truth’s open door.

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A Shallow Grave

Praising the empty accomplishment
Of temples built without foundation,
We hypnotically pledge allegiance
To the twin gods of power and money.
Believing our lifelong search complete,
We blindly caress these half truths,
Awakening on our last day to realize
We were solely the creation of an image.

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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.

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“This key is forever yours”
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This key is forever yours.
The doormat awaits your step
And the door
Your unlocking.
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Paths I, i

                 
I leave the world of thoughts supine!
   To see the twilight of desire
   Mirrored in the changed face I meet
   Helps reduce the heat of passion’s fire
While dwelling anew beyond time
   In a vision’s view of beauty rare.
      Through infant eyes of clarity
      The virgin worlds of this life, greet
      All past reflections placidly;
   Ascending new heights on the stair,
Come to rest at the balance line
   Between minds laid openly bare
   And mature fetters of dead despair.

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Children of the Sun II
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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
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