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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.

    The Dream Shelf

    Reenter the Closet of Thought;
    Sift through the forgotten debris
    Left during many years of life,
    And locate that special item
    Buried somewhere on the Dream Shelf.
     (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.

    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.
     (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.

    Paths II, v

    Hateful utterances
    Express our bigotry;
    As caught in the whirlwind
    Thoughts of mass minds decay
    We lose the direction
    Of formerly trod ways.
    
     (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.

    May I Say We

    There is but little to say—
         The cup from which I drink
         And is me
      	Is emptying. . .
         The last drops evaporate
         While the remaining residue
         Awaits cleansing.
     (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.

    Paths IA, iii

    Become one with God in silence
       And the Light will forever shine
       To illumine each darkened day
       With knowledge of our gifts divine.
    When immersed in His eternal presence
      The Life Immortal grows within,
          Opening formerly locked doors
          So as to view heaven’s stairway
          To existence forevermore.
       Love of God is the origin
    Which sparks the needed diligence
       To find centered in His doctrine
       The divine flame which is our twin.
    
     (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 VIII

    Suddenly emboldened
    By the right to deny
    Their internal essence
    They build institutions
    To enhance existence
    And begin to bask
    In the addictive glow
    Of a material comfort
    Sustained for the greater
    By the labor of the lesser
     (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    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.
    
    (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.

    Immaculate Conception III

    Undivided    Unconditioned
    Incorruptible Light pulses
    Through a possible Future Age
    Into the timelessness of Now
    To nourish the Child and its host
    As they both rapidly mature
    Through transformational stages
    To ultimately coexist
    In the Oneness of Cosmic Man
    
     (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.

    “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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