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Poetry Poetry and songwriting are two major creative outlets for me. "Fine Dining" and "Rural Excursions" were published in Issue 45 (May 2012) of Red Fez. "Sweaters" was published in the October 2011 edition of the poetry quarterly Full of Crow. "Cheap Religion" was published in the September 2011 issue of the print and online literary journal Eclectic Flash. Several of my poems were published in the online literary journal In Somnis Veritas in their Summer 2011 issue. My poem "Keepsakes" was published in issue 30 (January 2011) of Red Fez. I contributed to DailyHaiku.org during site's second six-month cycle in 2007. That work is featured in the site's first print collection. Riding Home From the Bissell Centre I weave my bike around the figure that rests at the bottom of the rampI don’t know how long he was there but I don’t want to wake him Perhaps his dreams are better than the reality that surrounds him each day Society calls him a failure, unable to provide for himself But the true failure is the society that sprouted cracks Large enough for him to fall through Larger than the cracks in the sidewalk where he lays And encompassing the many others past whom I glide on my way home Marginalizing life beyond picket fences Casting blame for sad circumstances Ignoring the failings of a system That guides our desires, our possessions, our decisions While our pockets turn inside out and wallets are empty Those who lead move the funds to guns, Artillery, munitions that take lives away instead of building them I keep pedaling further and further Expecting to witness more of the same The next time I roll through One figure asleep in my path will be replaced by another Whose anonymous presence is a constant reflection Of the other side of this two-way mirror called life Edmonton Street News, Volume 6, Issue 2 2009. One Listen to the wind, so soft as it whispers and embraces our beings as One. So gentle it coaxes, so graceful it flies, lacing us together if only for a moment, with calming peace that fills the air and is breathed, into One Heart, One Mind, One World. Published in Pocket Prayers: 36 Praises & Graces For All Faiths, Chronicle Books, October 2006. Rainforest Life In the trees Far above, Live the creatures Of this forest. Fragile canopies protect them, Natural growth feeds them. Life sustains life In this tropical wilderness. May the forces of civilization, with its fire and Machines of destruction Be still, So the chirping, And swinging, Crawling, and singing, Last forever. Amen. Published in Animal Blessings: Prayers and Poems Celebrating Our Pets, Harper Collins San Francisco, October 2000. On Passover, We Remember Around this table We celebrate the Survival, Perseverance, And Faith Of those wandering spirits Who escaped from their shackles, Emerging towards freedom To bring forth a Nation from which We grow, and for our Future generations To continue in Freedom and Peace, To always draw Strength from those who Went before. Published in Family Celebrations: Prayers, Poems, and Toasts for Every Occasion: Andrews McMeel Publishing, March 1999, p. 153. |

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