Dean : Writing

         I Shall Not Come Home Again

I Shall Not Come Home Again

A Poem by Dean


(reflections on a college reunion)Too much of loveliness enfolds the groundI walked in youth, again in age,and I shall soon lie down beneath itas my s..
          The Statue

The Statue

A Poem by Dean


A whisper of his life within the stoneemerges from the cold of retrospect,that he behind the figure's vacant starecould know that other hands saw hist..
      In Memoriam

In Memoriam

A Poem by Dean


Three words comprise the frame my son last made:his soft "Hey, dad" to greet me on the phone, his single, loving "Papa" with our last embraceand in be..
      Ein Heldenleben

Ein Heldenleben

A Poem by Dean


The element was sacrifice,the set aside of commerce; what remains is just that browned reminder of a yesterday, the crowded theatre of retrospection o..
          Chimera

Chimera

A Poem by Dean


I saw a titan trembling in the wood,a little deity who once devoured the power I gave him, stormed at me for my naivete, and left me onmy knees to pra..
        Of the Color Red

Of the Color Red

A Poem by Dean


Red flames its connotations at mein machine-gun style as I stand apart,gazing down upon a viscous bloodthat gathers on the ground.It darkens, as to po..
        Wisdom's Tree

Wisdom's Tree

A Poem by Dean


I meant to set aside the selfand follow that clear beam of knowingon its journey to the earth. It shoneon Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and William Jamesand..
       It is Not Enough

It is Not Enough

A Poem by Dean


Quite apartfrom anything to touch,more is an incrementthat lies behind the consciousness,to swell the mind with new imagining,inexhaustible�..
        Closing In On Truth

Closing In On Truth

A Poem by Dean


The distillation of a thought,how like the science of a touchto brush aside the pretense,scope within the lake of memoryand know that still intactis a..
        Wisdom's Tree

Wisdom's Tree

A Poem by Dean


I meant to set aside the selfand follow that clear beam of knowingon its journey to the earth. It shoneon Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and William Jamesand..