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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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  • 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.

    One Way or the Other

        In the city,
    Alone
        Becomes mechanical,
    For one must
    Turn off all
        The corruption
        And pollution.
     (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 I, x

    The paths pitfalls are ever near
       Blinding direction’s future goal,
       For without flowing purity
       We greet the all engulfing hole
    And don ego’s conquesting spear.
       We pause at the unmarked crossroads
          For our daily meditation
          And gain the strength and clarity
          Of heaven sent revelation,
       Purging dark forces that corrode.
    All the question’s answers ring clear
       When each walking Love’s lighted road
       Lives according to the divine code.
    
     (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.

    “This key is forever yours”

    This key is forever yours.
    The doormat awaits your step
    And the door
    Your unlocking.
    
    (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.

    Laine

    Tis your rhyme
    That transcends all time.
    Tis my mind
    To you I send this time.
     (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 IA, xi

    During the early budding years
       The Holy Spirit will descend
       To live in the sacred temple,
       Becoming advisor and friend.
    When Heaven’s voice pierces the ear,
       Our Inner Peace gathers the might
          To pass all of temptation’s tests;
          For in the speaking of His Will
          We help establish the conquest
       Of evil’s all engulfing fright.
    With the Kingdom of Heaven near
       His ever radiant Light
       Produces wings for the coming flight.
    
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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.

    Communication

    There were those we could not
    	Communicate with then.
    There are those that still
    	Cannot be reached,
    Yet some with which
    	We are together
    For their knowledge
    That Communication transcends death.
    
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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.

    Today – Tomorrow

       Today
    
    Can I totally relate
        My inner feelings
        And experiences
    To You?
    
    I think not,
    But I must try. . . .                                    
      
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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.

    The Swinging Pendulum

    When the fairy tale finally ends
    Our dreams become discordant
    And we find ourselves wandering
    Nakedly alone through the nightmare
    Of knowingly created Existence.
    
    We return guilt ridden to one hour Sundays
    And sing with mechanistic certitude
    The songs rotely learned as absolute,
    Further atrophying our Essence,
    While rejoicing at being saved
    From ourselves.
    
    (more…)

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