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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.

    Greetings

    At last!  Blue sky on the horizon,
    Or is it another approaching storm?
    It’s getting harder and harder to tell.
            Is that snow drifting,
            Or cherry blossoms carried
            In the wind of life’s passing?
    And who really knows if it’s winter,
            Spring, summer or fall?
    
    All substance seems forever lost
    In these short notes seldom written;
            And once more, out of touch,
            Lost in, or out of time,
    This reflection takes a deep breath
    And gathers the strength to continue
    Its purgatorial existence
    As merely a shadow of itself.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “Clear Easter morning”

    Clear Easter morning
    Fresh snow on the mountaintop
    Difficult ascent
    
    (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.

    “Living life”

    Living life
    In a dream of oneness for all.
    We touch with our heart
    While feeling with our soul,
    For we are together
    On the cold and long road
    Of our dreams.
    
    (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.

    Floating on the Lake

    Extinguish distractions
    Lighting your mind,
    Seek the answers
    And food for thought
    You shall find.
    
    Searching your depths
    Surpassing all time
    Peace can be found
    In life’s endless rhyme.
     (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.

    And All the King’s Men

    We have finally passed the point of no return,
    And during transition from fragile order
    To the Chaos we invited into being,
    Persistent Decay is all that can exist. . .
    
       But, with blinders intact,
          We see it not;
       From positions of power,
          We hear it not;
             Yet, we know. . .
     (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.

    “White caps appear between the grey”

    White caps appear between the grey
    Of the free and angry sea,
    As I stand with hands pocket deep
    Tasting the salt spray on my lips.
    
    Wind blown tresses cover my face.
    Whisking them away
    I feel the flame of your presence;
    Turning I meet your ambient eyes
    And again I’m warm with you near.
    
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  • This Poem can be found in

    FIVE - New, First Edition NOW Available

    “The lone house watches”

    The lone house watches
    Summer residents depart
    The October chill
    
    Awaiting winter solstice
    And hibernating Nature
    
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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.

    Dream Fragment 8

    Nightly swaying darkly
    Through catacombs of sleep
    Subterranean lives
    Repeat mumbled questions
    To echoing mirrors
    Answered by meteors
    Showering broken glass
    On the highway of hope
    
    Continue to The Promise
    (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 XIII

    The solar family met
    To hear the announcement
    Of the long rumored birth
    Of another child planet
    In a not too distant
    Future galactic time
     (more…)

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