Category Archive: Poetry

Poems by L.A. Steel

Jul 31 2015

BEFORE THE UNIVERSE



              I existed before the Universe. I was alive and well, and I am alive and well now. How different is my back view from my front view? How incomplete am I from a side view of me. Somewhere in another universe I exist at least twice, and again …

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Jul 12 2015

COLOR WAVES



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Apr 23 2015

Lost World of Yesterday



In the lost world of yesterday I wander through partial memories, where no one can verify my actions. I remember an aging fool running, grinning and fumbling papers and pads, believing he was important, making greater fools laugh. The late April air is still cold, as green shoots point upward the sun teases them from …

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Apr 06 2015

IN SOUL

There is a place few of us will ever discover . I am writing from it. I am light years away from earth. The light and warmth and enchantment are beyond earthly description, and exists within me, and I believe it exists in all of us, if we close our eyes to see. I am …

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Mar 07 2015

Word Rain

In the loss of restrictions is the bounty of freedom and thinking and philosophy under the mainstay of finite solutions, to the proxy of education. Fill in the blanks of emptiness and falsehoods until the wells of fresh thoughts are springing forth into fountains. Experience the boldness of believers who isolate the words of wonder …

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Mar 05 2015

Winter Tree

    Limbs as arms and legs of men hung upright or upside down, against the grey sky and snow piled high on the ground. A thousand offshoots, leafless and brown shiver in the wind, without making a sound waiting for spring to come. Square panes within rectangle windows surround the courtyard like broad bars …

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Mar 05 2015

Asphalt Riot

            In the asphalt riots of a frozen day, the lost heads bob up and down as they nod their greetings and agreements without saying a word. Here in a frozen room I sit teaching silently as students draw and design  without speaking or whispering or smiling, entrenched in solemn …

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Feb 15 2015

In the Doorway

A celestial image stands in the doorway her beauty is beyond all earthly sight. She pauses before she enters the room and asks If I will stay the night.   Beyond all dreams of life , what more could I desire, than her beauty and body in my arms, her radiant soul laying with mine, …

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Feb 08 2015

Tom Waits, “Chocolate Jesus”

$ 450 Million $ 304.1 Million Cash Value “There were no jackpot winners for Saturday’s drawing… The next drawing will be Wednesday, February 11th, 2015” Source: www.powerball.com Have a great Sunday. L.A Steel Share

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Feb 05 2015

An Expression of Madness

I walked the edge of reason beneath the carnival lights and a full moon rising in a star filled night. The losses were amazing and the weather was hell but I made it back alive. She stared at me in anger as I raised my arms against her strike. A crazed woman lost in the …

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Jan 29 2015

Perceptions of the Third Eye

    I see crystals on trees. I see things others can not see. I see beauty in love and age. I see youth as a gilded cage. I see innocence as a vacuum. I see faces and forms. I see God in me. I see God in you. I see life and laughter. I …

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Jan 25 2015

Wind Swept

  On the jagged edge of a summit  winds blow harshest against the stone, carving the  face of the mountain, that withstands the winds alone. In the heat of the sun and the cold of night, the rain and snow of storms , its strength of spirit remains unmoved as the rock is carved deeper …

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Jan 23 2015

A Break Away Day

1/23/15 A new day was born today, a day that hasn’t been overwrought yet by stresses of living. This day is breaking away from worry, work, anger and despair. Pain and suffering are not yet here, but may arrive at anytime. I am breaking away from today, into a happy and peaceful state of mind. …

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Jan 14 2015

False Flag Dreams

      The false flags of dreams and schemes and conquests are  only pieces of tattered memories sewn into patterns of stars and stripes and colors. No one knows what the symbols on their flags mean, but to not pledge allegiance to them is treason. I remember as a child I had to pledge …

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Dec 21 2014

Remembering Virtual Love

Today is a day of rambling thoughts greeted by a sunless sky of gray clouds over snow covered landscapes. I  wondered about something, then wondered about something else until my thoughts changed again. Grasping a lost thought is like grasping a dream, they both vanish forever. A holographic vision creates a virtual world that I …

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Dec 19 2014

Trans-Dimensional Radio with L.A.Steel 12/18/14

Check Out Spirituality Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with L A STEEL SHOW on BlogTalkRadio Tonight I read my poetry from 2014. You can read along with me and see the art and photography associated with the poems by going to the Poetry Menu at the top of the front page of this site. Share

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Nov 16 2014

Remembering Spring in November

Remembering Spring in November is one way to forget the cold weather, grey skies, bitter winds, bleak days, long nights, cold floors and frost coated windows. L.A. Steel Share

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Oct 27 2014

A Walk in Fall

I went for a walk today. The sky was blue. The air was cold, the wind was brisk. I saw the reflections of red trees and autumn green, yellow, orange and gold. The road was yellow and blue. I walked as my mind evaporated into the afternoon. I smiled at the sun shining on the …

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Oct 26 2014

Refugee of Fall (poem)

  A Refugee of Fall runs against the wind of time, dragging dead leaves and trees and flowers into the infernos of man made fires. A vacant bench under fallen leaves, oblivious to weather or time, is centered in the a universe as part of the seasons. Refugees of Fall enter the portals of the …

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Oct 15 2014

A Dog Poem

  When my dog died I felt that I lost a part of me rather than a friend. My dog was an extension of me. He walked with me, and talked with me. He ate with me and sometimes he would sleep with me. He waited for me to come home. He slept soundly on …

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Oct 09 2014

Blood Moon, 2014

    In the deepest night it passes over head. The doorway of death is the Blood Moon shining as the star gate to eternity.   The Blood Moon screams silently as it passes over humanity; eclipsing its own reflection.   Only blood stained souls fear and hear the cry of the Blood Moon and see …

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Oct 01 2014

The People of Gaza

        The people of Gaza live in a world where sorrow screams against war, death and Israelis.   They live in ruins of burning homes turned into tombs,where bullets and bombs continue to fall on everyone.   The people of Gaza are murdered by Israel’s weapons and buried beneath rubble and stone. …

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Sep 22 2014

September Roses , Poem and Photograph Series

September Roses   In their final bloom of the year I take their picture and prepare their bed for a New England winter. Then I admire them until the end of their season and wait for them until spring.   L.A. Steel     Share

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Sep 09 2014

Meeting Me

    In a mad moment of a dream I met myself. He laughed at me and said I was a fool to stay depressed over failure. I told him he didn’t understand the losses I had, or the loss of the vision I once had of me.  He laughed  again and said,”Here I am …

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Sep 08 2014

Desperado

      He hid behind the shade of indifference until he died from the darkness of his life. His soul rose into light, sun blind, lost, and desperate with unfulfilled desires. L.A.Steel   Share

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Aug 28 2014

Remembering the Future

Is the future  real ? We forgot what we have done and revise what we do. Our future is tomorrow. Our present is today. Our past and future are yesterday. L.A. Steel Share

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Jun 17 2014

Black & White 1999

This picture was taken during my first televised program of The L.A.Steel Show. I presented a one hour reading of my book of poems, “Lust,Love and Innocence”. L.A.Steel Books by L.A.Steel: Naked at the Mic, Lust,Love and Innocence, Five Short Stories, Arandas: play, The Book of Women, Cantos of a Believer, Five Prophesies, Gateways of …

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Jun 09 2014

The After Hours of Midnight

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The after hours of midnight, bring madness and sorrow to surround sanity. I hear the voices of those passed on and their pleas for justice against others’ deceptions. In the after hours of midnight the world is dark and blind and tears and suffering are not seen. L.A.Steel Share

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Jun 03 2014

Dancing with the Wind

Dancing with the wind

I hear its music, and feel the sound of the lost wind whirling around the imaginal realm. I hear its song, the beautiful song and feel the joy as, I dance with the wind. The sun smiles at me and the meadow flowers swaying in rhythmic motion, to the song of the wind. L.A.Steel Share

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Jun 01 2014

The Lost Post

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It stood firmly in the ground alone and weather ravaged stoic and silent. It was all by itself in a field, someone had planted it and left it alone and never returned. What did it mean? What did it mark? Why did anyone bother? As I got closer it began to turn color and the …

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Jun 01 2014

The Forgotten

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A vaporous memory passes before my inner eye reminding me of the forgotten. I see its form. I hear its faint cry, and wonder what it was. Was it a face or body or cry or wave of a forgotten friend? Somewhere in the distance of day a long forgotten memory smiles or frowns at …

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May 15 2014

Transcending Consciousness

Tulip Bed, 2014

Every year I am greeted by May flowers and Spring blossoms blooming on my birthday. This year the tulips in my front garden give me great pleasure to watch grow. Their colors and size are remarkable and seem to transcend earthly reality. The Crab Apple Tree is healthy and fragrant and will soon explode in …

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May 09 2014

My Cup of Tea

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All is good this afternoon. My tea is hot and trouble is not. A bird tweets outside my study window. I am quiet,happy and grateful. I am lucky for now as many are, until bad luck calls. For now I live this moment and enjoy a cup of tea. Tomorrow will be Saturday anymore of …

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May 09 2014

Trans-Dimensional Radio with L.A.Steel

Popular Spirituality Internet Radio with L A STEEL SHOW on BlogTalkRadio This is the first Trans-Dimensional Radio Show. I read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s remarkable essay “Nature” and several of my poems and essays relating to the trans-dimensional aspect of our existence, and our close connection to Nature and the creation of our reality. Share

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May 01 2014

TRANS-DIMENSIONAL RADIO

TRANS DIMENSIONAL RADIO PROMO

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Apr 27 2014

The Lost Spirit of Hope

How long must we despair in the poverty of our nation’s soul, before we call upon the spirit of hope? On the back streets of the United States poverty is disguised and ignored by local,state and federal government. The poor, sick and homeless are voiceless. Their screams are masked by sirens as they are taken …

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Apr 26 2014

“Most Persons Do Not See The Sun”

The sudden dryness of the air startles the arid thoughts of loss, sadness and remorse. The regret of actions taken or not rushes over the desert mind as a flash flood of tears. The madness of loneliness becomes the death knell in the final scream. “Most persons do not see the Sun.” They only see …

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Apr 16 2014

Sacred Lotus

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One afternoon as my spirit landed, I watched rays of sun dancing upon the petals of a pink lotus. My soul merged with the soul of the flower, and I heard its song. Its sacred spirit danced with me and sang its song enchantingly, inspiring this poem. L.A.Steel Share

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Apr 15 2014

Winter Is Finally Over

Spring has sprung

The cold days of gray sky and snow covered ground are finally gone. Smiles of petals and leaves, are widely grinning. It was warm but breezy yesterday, until the rain clouds crept in late last night and this morning, careful not to drown the newly budding greens. This evening might bring frost, to the North …

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Apr 10 2014

Out of the Wastelands

Wastelands

In the Wastelands the bright sun blinds the mad beast raging in the windswept desert of the mind. Left to its own demise the beast carries a torch of passion that tortures him with fire filled days of magnetic vice, that steals all traces of his soul. Near the borderland of madness the beast drags …

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Apr 06 2014

Sun Speak

Sun Speak

The morning sun spoke to me today as I made a cup of tea near the kitchen window. It said “hello’ as a bright yellow halo above my backyard. Then the sun shown across the wood floor and the pine planks turned golden, and my dog laying on his pillow glowed in sunlight as his …

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Mar 26 2014

Reading Shakespeare

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Mar 23 2014

The Hallucination

The holographic effect of words rhyming with visions seems to throw a shadow over the concept of clear precise meaning. Imagine a deep dark cavern of stalactites and bats clinging to the ceiling, then imagine the lost voyager that last came through the cave and what happened to him. I was he and now found …

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Mar 20 2014

Calamus Spring

In the wild and worn world of old poets and poems few are born with inspiration, yet none can live without it. The hallucinogenics of modern users and the holographic lives they live forget Calamus burns with the light of poetry within the realm of dreams. Oh beautiful for days gone by for everyone who …

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Mar 05 2014

A Shadow’s Poem

I am shadow. I am dark wonder, a form without substance, darkness without depth. I am shadow, a half person with voice without body, without light. I am free to feel and hear, and to exist without identity. I am the ruler of darkness. Light exposes all. I exist in darkness. I am shadow. I …

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Feb 27 2014

A Tribute To Henry, My Blue 1985 Volvo 740 GLE

HENRY I remember him sitting humbly in the used car lot, with an heir of integrity, though he was 20 years old at the time. I noted that characteristic to the car dealer and he laughed and said, “You’re right it does have integrity and 250,000 miles on it. I’ll guarantee the drive train for …

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Feb 20 2014

White Fields (a poem)

I wrote and first published this poem in “The Voice” Newspaper in 2002. White Fields There are no sanctions in life, each thought or action is balanced. Each day brings night each wrong brings right, to the right of darkness is light. Rolling and level fields of white stretch before the wanderers of life. Every …

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Feb 13 2014

Two Robins In A Blizzard (A Poem)

They were together on a tree outside our bedroom window, this morning during the blizzard. We wondered why they were there and if the robins were lost in the February storm. We marveled as we watched them because we both thought robins migrated in winter. I looked it up on my computer. As soon as …

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Jan 24 2014

The Winter Dead

There is no silence among the winter dead. They scream their names carved on headstones, as they are beaten by cold winds,ice and snow. L.A.Steel Share

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Nov 24 2013

FORGETTING IT ALL (A Poem)

I can’t remember their faces or why I should remember them. I remember they were once close to me, like a family,but if they were how could I forget them? Their entire existence is fading from my memory. Who or what they were or are I can no longer see. They are faceless and nameless …

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