The Poet’s Collection
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Original, hand-written poems—tender, strange, playful, weathered, and meant to be heard.
The complete collection
Preface
The dawn before dustsettled through spoken clouds.
02Poetic Trust
Familiar voices rise from the dust;As a sharp echo radiates poetic trust.
03The Still of Night
I sit now upon my rocking chairThe still of night is calm and fair
04Just a dream
I dream of dreams most every night;Unwashed reality so out of sight.
05The Land of Dreams
Within the land of dreams resides the queenHope for her comes in a form unseen
06Moon Drops
Moon drops swellStarlight fell
07Upon a Star
Upon a starNear or far
08Winter’s Prelude
A wintery mist comes along;her icy chill to sing a song.
09The voice of the sea
The voice of the sea is mysterious and deep;His bellows are enough to sway the mountain’s frosty keep.
10Solace of Faeries
The solace of sunlight brings a faerie yonderCausing a small child to inspire and wonder
11Lightning Bolt Flower
The wind dances across the ocean of blue.Lightning and heart, a flower blooms in view.
12Circles of Thought
The tide washes my thought upon the shore;waves gather behind to crash.
13Shifting Minds
As time grows old,the gears grind against shifting sands.
14The Trodden Path
I tread along the trodden path;Impatient thoughts streak from behind.
15Gracefully Imperfected
Within the moonlight a black rose blooms;A scent of depression so very gloom.
16Repetitious Raindrops
Vain repetitious raindrops fall;Through misty streams of a narrow hall.
17A Culling Voice
The day before the sounding of three,a heart of fire and life spins around the tree.
18Service Above Ash
Like man, almost—a place where time chimed with me.
19Family Ties
As the winds blow, the earth will shake.What binds us as one?
20Beyond the Veil
I have waited here for you ever longTo dance upon the rooftops with a song.
21Drum Beat Tide
Welcome to the drum beat tide.Fears of the heart turn left as I search wide.
22Reforge
A heart planted in the steadfast rain,where trees and thorns brush against the light.
23What Dreams May Come
Tonight, tonight, when the colors show,Tonight, tonight, my heart will glow.
24Music in the Season
Winter awakens from a slumber song.Children laugh as they dance along.
25Energy
a spark created howls from beyond the darkenergy to spark my heart
26Forgotten
How much this air has turned to frost without the cold.Hearts tread through snow.
27Bells Canyon
Spirits in a forest.The rain pours downward.
28Deeper
Deeper beyond light and sorrow.Deeper than the traveling heart with song.
29Starchild
You came to me from a distant world of light,singing beyond the shadow of a star as I wandered the night.
30Mirror and Ghost
A seed from the flower has fallen from the sky and looks upward,overshadowed by the shade that swallows the third.
31The Other Side
The other side of the glass holds a promise from before.How can I help dreams reach the northern shore?
32Oh Be Wise
As the worlds have frozen still,a grain of sand from the ancient waters has had its fill.
33Colors
All around us, painting a memory.One with sea, one of sound.
34Lateral Thoughts and Moon Shine
A skip's throw along the creek holds a clue.Winter's thoughts transpire as the snow has grown old.
35Living Bread
Trees crawl upon the sovereign ground,chasing sunlight with leaves dancing around.
36Heart of a Third
Amnesty given and a chill hint of fire,lightning knitted together with ice, a noonday pyre.
37We the People
Every dream lit by memories,We the people, united are strong.
38Simple
Feel the wind, feel the spirit,feel the light to be free.
39Three Trees
A doorway between the trees,light forming a gate.
40Wild Bells
Even broken bells still sing out.Their song drifts slowly toward the spark of life.
41Solstice
a soul and spirit contrite,bound by love and endless light.
42Stand Back
Stand back and hold your box along yesterday’s shore.Collecting love in a jar, bound by the thought to become free.
43Rain Drops
Water, too, yearns to become one with the ocean.A promise remembered, a promise forgotten.