Dean : Writing

        To Diana

To Diana

A Poem by Dean


From the womb we came,corrupted by that interchangeof legs and and lust and wastein daily passage, all a daily confirmationof our origin and destinyof..
        Commencement

Commencement

A Poem by Dean


They laughed at one another as they threw their mortar boards aloft, and dared to kiss the girl goodbye, though she had spurned them in the dry years ..
       Her Hundredth Birthday Party

Her Hundredth Birthday Party

A Poem by Dean


It was quiet in the meeting roomjust down the hall, as I came in.I knew that she would be, as well.And there she was, propped in her wheel chair,body ..
            Mother At 99

Mother At 99

A Poem by Dean


It was the prison of her body that I saw beneath her downward gaze, but more.Her mind lay in a quiet turbulence,for she knew something I did not, and ..
     A Song to the Unsung

A Song to the Unsung

A Poem by Dean


These are the ones who dare,these gloved old men with plastic bagswho roam the lanes on footwhile I drive by,for they are more awareof the adorning, a..
    An Odyssey Untouched

An Odyssey Untouched

A Poem by Dean


In the beginning was the truth transcendingAlpha and Omega--too dazzling to catchthe human eye.--too patient in its vigilthrough the trillion years of..
     Voices In The Dark

Voices In The Dark

A Poem by Dean


Cautious spirits test the waters of my worldand call to me....then go away.Perhaps they are perfecting inter-mind devices, just likepsychic Edisons, M..
     Prologue to Eternity

Prologue to Eternity

A Poem by Dean


Allegory
         Full Emptiness

Full Emptiness

A Poem by Dean


We poets ought to shy awayfrom homilies concerning love.What manner of creative thinkermight presume to take a single stepin front of all the ranks of..
       To Doctors Murray, Minor, Furnivall and All

To Doctors Murray, Minor, Furnivall and All

A Poem by Dean


I have read several books on the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Begun in the mid-19th Century, it was a tremendous achievement