Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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“Loons softly paddling”
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Loons softly paddling
Under a mostly full moon
Begin mimicking

The boisterous blathering
Of the inebriated
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METAMORPHOSIS, 1989 - Second Edition NOW Available.
“We must never forsake our dreams”
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We must never forsake our Dreams
For they will find Reality
The moment we begin living
In Harmony with Destiny.
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“The pendulum swings”

The pendulum swings
Life to death to life to death
Over and over

Until one becomes the stillness
At the center of the wheel

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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.

A Reminder

While watching for signs that confirm
The birthing process has begun
Those who chose to return again
For personal transformation
Soon remember their commitment
To not only be a witness
During the coming transition
But also to be of assistance
To any and all on the Way
Out of the dark   Into the Light

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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.
“Anticipation in waiting”
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Anticipation
In waiting—
In loving—
In living???
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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.
Crutches
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We all have crutches,
It would be a lie to deny it.

We must therefore decide
Which are needed to keep Man
On this side,
Just above the line
Between we and animals.
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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.

The Thread of Life

Tumbling into the previously impenetrable past,
We grope for the tables and chairs and faces
That for years have cluttered our darkened stage.
The continuous repeating of remembered lines
Finally begins to clear the distorting haze,
And with the glaring footlights rise
All remaining shadows quickly dissolve
Into the emerging childhood scenes.
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The Mirror
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Leaping     Blindly falling
Inside darkness     Floating
   Fear consumes
   And finally subsides
As time slows toward stop
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Dream Fragment 19, 1995 - Second Edition NOW Available
Collected - New, a collection of all of the poems in one book - Available January 2013.

In Praise of Living

I have awaited the moment
When you honestly thought of Living
And not dying before your time.
That this idea bloomed in winter
With no trace of snow on the ground,
Or small patches of blue sky seen
Through the purgatorial grey,
Is the bold action possible
Only when days become windows.
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