Dean : Writing

      An Adult Lullaby

An Adult Lullaby

A Poem by Dean


Awareness is some kind of god,self-creating, just as daylight manifestsfrom nothing but the darkest hour.Once again pure infancy, the heightof weaknes..
       And War Shall Be No More

And War Shall Be No More

A Poem by Dean


Not a torch, a candlemarks the gate to life,in peril for its faithfulnessand unafraid to die.And were its flame extinguishedas a witness to devotion,a..
          First Day of College

First Day of College

A Poem by Dean


The syllabus was likely to arousevain sentiments of a nobilityhe never felt before.Eight o'clock on Monday morning,books and pencils not yet burdensom..
         Impressions of Cezanne

Impressions of Cezanne

A Poem by Dean


The light's rememberingis just reflection of its boistrous birth--each pastel plain laid down recalls an echo moment and a liquid sunat play, for with..
      The Stuff of Life

The Stuff of Life

A Poem by Dean


There is a river flowing somewhereunderneath the mind.I came across it just the other day,but did not see the source,and happily for me,I could not wa..
        The Crux of Hope

The Crux of Hope

A Poem by Dean


Eight billion miles away,the asteroid grows colderas the one inhabitantwho has no god, falls to his kneesand blows upon the spark of lighthe sees from..
        Oblivion

Oblivion

A Poem by Dean


The flight is past, the crane is goneand there above the silt and clay,the scattered reeds and sticks of sheltered birth, the precipice and promise of..
         Elegy to a Nation

Elegy to a Nation

A Poem by Dean


A man stands on a hilltop, weeping.Come and see.For he has watched a nation unaware, chipped away to just this memory.We'd found that we could meet a ..
      Childhood Tree

Childhood Tree

A Poem by Dean


(severe criticism is invited, welcomed, and urged)He was supposed to be there stillwhen I returned in forty years.But a boy's home townis metamorph an..
       Chasing Down the Day

Chasing Down the Day

A Poem by Dean


For a fallen man there camea most engaging metaphor;the light persists while consciousness endures,streams out across the empty spacesparticle and wav..