TABLE OF CONTENTS – Shades of Green

Introduction: Northwest Coast, Oregon

I. SHADES OF GREEN
A Hobo’s Heart
Recycling Honeysuckle
Child-Trust
Riverstone Runes
Uplifting
The Nature Man’s Playground
Within A Hike
Druid Greets The Redwoods
From A Gnarled Fir At 10,000 Feet
Harvest Moon Over Hotevilla
Value of One
Himalayan Cloud-Drops
The Dirty Guitar
Dreamtime in Another’s Sleepy Realm
Strings of Wisdom
Tip of the Haight
Your Song Never Ceases
My Four Corners
Incan Word for God

II. WEEDS & STORMS
After The Storm
Healing Woman’s Sutra
Just A Conflict
Phases of Dad
Fallow Heart
Rooting Up the Past
Planting Presence
Sow, It Would Seem
Anthem of the Homeless
A Dying Artist Looks into the Mirror
End of Days

III. GLIMPSES FROM THE FIELDS OF LOVE
Glimpses from the Fields of Love
Winterlude
Crystal-Eyed Child
Consider Lightning
Romancing a Druid
Between the Lines
Surfer Tides
Cat Nap
Blood Moon
Violin Voice
Many Layers of a Hurt
A Dull Marriage Ignites
Enchantment
Harmony Rising
Its Name Was Peace
Companion
Drops of Divinity
Cosmic Lullaby

IV. UNDERGROWTH: Essays
Still Life With My Muse
Open Letter to the Children of Nepal
Seneca’s Mission
On Writing Poetry by Hand
Catching Moon Rocks

Sample poems from Shades of Green
Back Stories: Where the Poems Originated
Shades of Green Main Page
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