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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.

    Autumn

    I sit with autumn
    Entering the prairie,
    While spring is
    Eternally reborn.
    
    A tear momentarily
    Distorts perspective
    For departure
    Looms on the horizon.
     (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.

    Untitled April

    Moon and cherry tree
    Together in bloom,
    Full.  Moon and blossoms
    Waning in light winds,
    Fall.  Pieces of white
    Drop, softly caressing
    Sacred ground.  Beneath
     (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.

    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?
    
    (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.

    Epiphany on the Palouse – E. Education

    While doing research for my new book,
    THE METEORIC RISE
    OF THE THIRD RIGHT SANS GRAVITY,
    Subtitled, “The Magma Farta
    Of the Third Millennium,”
    I had to acknowledge that Rush
    Must be right:  Millions and millions
    Of lemmings can’t all be wrong headed
    Wrong headed.
     (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.

    Early August

    The morning garden chatter spoke
    Of the ripening chokecherries:
    In a week the firm green berries
    Have become a plump burgundy.
    
    Soon after the fledglings have flown
    The annual gathering begins
    With errant flights of drunkenness;
    Ending in somber discussions
    Of migratory timeliness.
     (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 XI

    He then reminded her
    That on the third planet
    Few have been successful
    Acquiring the knowledge
    Necessary to live
    As the enlightened ones
    They will someday become
     (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, iii

    In His name, worshipping
    Idols of mortal man,
    We blindly march to war
    Creating hell on earth
    For faceless enemies
    We’ve never seen before.
    
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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.

    Wedding Vows

    Let us not talk about Love,
           Except for all Living Things.
    Let us not speak of Marriage,
           Except to the Ideals of Peace
           And Freedom for All.
    Let us not desire commitment,
           Except to One Earth.
     (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.

    The Promise

    As a constant reminder		
    I taped a yellow
    And a blue crocus
    To the inside of my head
    
    Continue to Night of the Living
    (more…)

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