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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.

    The Rebirth of Time

    Time dissolves
    When Knowing
    PresentFuturePast
    And Breathing
    Inside the moment
    
    Now	 Becoming
    Here     There
    Simultaneously
    Everywhere
    
    (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “Cherish each moment”

    Cherish each moment
    In the presence of petals
    Unfolding rose red
    
    Love patiently residing
    At the Center of Being
    
    (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

    Paths, 1978 - Second Edition NOW Available.
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    The Spirit of Phoenix – A Chant

    Rise ye Spirit from the deep,
    Spreading invisible wings for vast flight—
    Sing out loudly the love of life
    And peace on earth of our song.
    Higher, higher do soar,
    Showing your invincible might.
    Bring eyes to those that are blind—
    Banish our worldly thoughts,
    Whisking the sleep from heavy laden lids.
    We look without sight—
    Our senses are dulled.
     (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 IIA

    Peek from ego’s cyclic wheel
    To glimpse the eternal Light,
    Which eclipses mortal appeal
    And pleasure’s fleeting delight.
    Leaving blind delusions behind
    The treasure of life we’ll find
    In lasting gifts of sight divine.
    
     (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.

    Man

    Most males are cold
    Unfeeling
        Individuals. . .?
    
    Possibly this explains
    An ability to relate to women
    And the feelings of love
    We have for them.
     (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.

    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.
    
    Continue to "Poppies" (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

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

    Venus

    After many centuries in abeyance
    The winds of Venus are blowing
    To again wreak havoc in our lives.
    
    Red, yellow and blue planetary visions
    Kaleidoscopically change in minutes,
    Sending cracks through our emotional core
    And chilling the superficial warmth
    Of all shallow rooted relationships.
     (more…)

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