Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

Rising Tide

Reaching further, cutting deeper,
The seventh wave violates
This once peaceful shore,
And as the chaotic tide rises
Our secure center trembles and quakes
In the cold grey dawn of decline.
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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.

Well Traveled Road

You tell me
That by walking the same road,
You see more each time.
Possibly. . .
Minute details appear
That your mind was unable
To comprehend the first,
Second or third time.
But does that logically erase
The possibility of another route?
I wonder what an alternate path
Has to offer?

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“Clear Easter morning”
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Clear Easter morning
Fresh snow on the mountaintop
Difficult ascent
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Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

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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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 IV
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The solar family
Then welcomed Mercury
Forcing the relocation
Of brothers and sisters
To the former orbits
Of their older siblings

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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.
“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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“Insects and birds sing”
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Insects and birds sing
An autumnal opera
On Afton Mountain

Passionate in the moment
With no thought for tomorrow
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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.
Far Away
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Far away the children play
In a world shrouded in innocence.
Let them play—
And learn to deal with life.
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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

Metamorphosis

Halted during its slow journey to the other side,
A common turtle lay clumsily split in two.
His natural armor offered little protection
From Man’s four-wheel driven nightmare,
And he became just another unlisted casualty.

As the surging ocean’s unrelenting roar
Announces the arrival of land’s end,
A hummingbird prepares for birthing
By hurriedly picking dandelion seeds
To further warm her soon to be filled nest.
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