Sunrise Tortoise - Poetry of Lawrence E. Keith

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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.

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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“Clear Easter morning”
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Clear Easter morning
Fresh snow on the mountaintop
Difficult ascent
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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.
“Living life”
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.

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. . .
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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.

“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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“The lone house watches”
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The lone house watches
Summer residents depart
The October chill

Awaiting winter solstice
And hibernating Nature
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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.
Dream Fragment 8
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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
```
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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.
Children of the Sun XIII
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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
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