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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.

    “The spigot will open gushing”

    The spigot will open gushing
    When the handle
    In your mind
    Is found.
    
    (more…)

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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “From Monticello”

    From Monticello
    Is heard Jefferson singing
    His song of Freedom
    
    Calling for revolution
    By expanding Consciousness
    
    (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

    Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
    Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

    Nineteen Ninety One, May Day III

                           III
    Alternating between “God Bless America”
    And “The Star Spangled Banner”,
    The marching band leads the parade
    Down Main Street at twelve thirty-five.
    Waving flags and sporting yellow ribbons,
    Almost the entire population participates;
    Leaving a very small audience
    To witness this Declaration
    Of Independence from Freedom
    And the birth of the New World Order.
    
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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.

    “Tomorrow – a new day”

    Tomorrow—a new day
    To be dealt with as we will.
    
    A new life’s door is before us,
    Yet we open yesterdoor
    Without thought
    In the habit of our ways.
    
    (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 – F. The Solicitation

    The SPDP membership
    Drive by shouting is requesting
    Your generous contributions
    To begin staff planning meetings
    For the next Fall Semester.
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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, iv

    Whenever the soul’s descent ceases
       The building process can begin
       To revive the inner strength lost
       When mortal darkness grew within.
    With hope commences the release 
       From our soul’s rebirthing desire
          And the appeal for earthly gain,
          Which was purchased at any cost
          And whose pleasures reaped only pain.
       Sown seeds of hope help to inspire
    Our growing faith for the peace
       On earth that every soul requires
       When climbing paths ever higher.
    
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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.

    For the New Born

    Early morning unfurls
    Initial rays of sun,
    To touch and feel our world
    From distant horizon.
    
    O Newly Born!
    Conceived of Love,
    Into life you come
    This eternal morn.
    
    May you reach the stars
    In an abundance of light,
    Being as free as you are
    Until sunset becomes night.
    
    (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.

    “We have passed this way before”

    We have passed this way before
    On our journey to the lake.
    We have seen the rapids,
    The falls and the pools
    Of life,
    Of Man,
    Yet we continue our trek
    For the cycle
    Never ends.
    
    (more…)

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