Wlidflower Featured

Hi Folks, I have some excellent news :) I'm honored to say my newest book, “Wildflower” has been featured on the “Moxie Girl Musings,” blog and the “Kisses, Caresses, Whispers in the Night,” blog by romance author Amber Lea Easton. As you may know, “Wildflower,” is a small book of poetry about my late wife, Elaine. Please visit these blogs and read about my book. If you like what you see please leave a comment and buy the book.  Here are the links:

http://moxiegirlwriting.blogspot.com/2014/03/love-matters-only-romance-of-which.html

http://amberleaeaston.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-song-forever-rollslove-is-timeless.html

One Song and Conspire

All One Song

Different people,

different creatures,

different music.

All one song.

Dewey Dirks

Conspire

If you let her,

Nature will

conspire with you

to become the best

person you can be.

Dewey Dirks

Growing

Growing

I can feel a

great storm coming

beyond the horizon,

said the tree to its leaves.

I know there will be

mighty winds, cold weather

and a torrent of rain

soaking deep

into the ground.

But I know as well

the storm will clean

the Earth Mother,

and freshen all the air around.

And I know

that if I survive the storm,

after all is done,

I will have grown.

To accept completely the life

the Earth gives to you,

you must accept as well

the storms that come your way.

The beauty of life

is not that there are

never difficulties,

but that everything,

good, bad, or in between,

by nature, carries sustenance.

Dewey Dirks

Evolution

Evolution

21^st century civilization

is a giant, heavy

rolling wheel.

The status quo has

a strong inertia and will

resist changing directions.

To change our course,

the combined power

of all the knowledge

in our minds,

all the love in our

combined heartbeats,

and all the willpower of

the soul of humanity

are required.

21^st century civilization

is an old house near

the end of the street

with holes in the walls

a leaky roof, and floors

that need replacing.

To get it back into shape,

a lot of remodeling

needs to be done,

tearing out old and broken pieces

so they can replaced and renewed.

Mankind often appears

a mess only because

for the last eight thousand years

Humanity has been a change

in the changing

---Just a single moment

on the time scale

of the lifespan of a species.

A good deal of chaos

and disorder naturally occurs

in order to fuel our evolution.

We must strive for a golden age

---A big change at an ideal pace.

Don't trust in the opinions

of the ruling classes.

They have become blinded

by greed for money.

They don't have as much

of a clue about what needs

to be done as you and I do.

The character of all our cultures

and of our species

are not defined by the ruling few,

but rather by the aspirations, hearts

and minds of the people.

Mankind is a caterpillar

making a cocoon at the end

of a spring adventure,

soon to reform ourselves

into something new.

The way our cultures

organize themselves now

are not as they will emerge

in the future.

Have faith in nature, my friends.

Have faith in the future.

Our Earth Mother

knows what she's doing.

Take care to strive in your life

what your heart and soul

lead you to do because

they have the strongest connection

to the heartbeat of the planet.

Dewey Dirks

Wildflower

Hi folks. I'm happy to announce my new book, “Wildflower” is now available as a kindle book on Amazon.com Wildflower is a collection twenty love poems written about myself and my wife. It follows our life together over twenty-one years time up until shortly after my wife’s death from cancer in twenty-thirteen. It is a heartfelt chronicle of a couple living, loving, and raising a family together. The poetry in Wildflower is written straight from the soul. It is full of moving, intimate, song-like verses and is certain to bring the reader to tears of both joy and sorrow. All of you have a very good day, D.D. Here is the link to the book on Amazon---

Wildflower on Amazon.com

I See You Now

 

This is a poem from my new book, “Wildflower” Hope you enjoy it

 I See You Now

When we were young

we used to say to each other

that when you die

your soul goes back

to the Summerlands

to live with the Earth Mother

in the rocks, the sky, and clouds

and the leafy green trees.

Now, we both knew to believe that

but back then they were

only so many words

we told each other

around the table

to comfort ourselves

the loss of our loved ones.

Until today...

Today I saw you there

lingering in the pearlescent light

of the sun coming

through the window.

You filled the room

with a love song

and I filled the room

with tears of joy.

I walked outside

and I heard your voice

in the gusty wind

rustling through the trees.

You were there

waiting to meet me.

I heard your laugh,

I heard your lilting voice,

saw you raise your colors,

heard your rebel creed,

and yes, the tears

of your sorrow too---

all part of white spring clouds

and the deep blue sky

all around me.

They say each soul

is a limitless eternity,

that in life we each

condense like drops of water

into the confines of our bodies,

and that when we die,

we cross the blue doorway

to become once again,

part of the timeless time

of boundless infinity.

In the darkness

we traveled through

you taught me how to see

the unfeigned shine

of the sun, the moon,

and the stars filling the skies

with the breath of light.

Now I know how to look

and I see you now,

as you once and always were.

A single drop in a vast ocean

and the whole ocean itself,

singing the songs of life

along with all eternity.

Dewey Dirks

Play

Play

I sat for awhile

in the back yard today.

It was a nice day out.

Not too hot, not too cold,

white clouds, blue sky,

and a nice, gentle breeze.

Nala, our rottweiler puppy,

who is now roughly the size

of a horse, kept bringing

me a ball that

she was playing with.

I kept throwing it

for her to chase

and thought about how

really, really good

it feels to play.

So, I spent the next hour

looking at the shapes

in the clouds.

One of the first things

I saw was Snoopy

Dewey Dirks

Listen

Listen

When you despair

sit for awhile

where it is quiet.

Don't hang

your head so low.

Stop your mind

from digging a hole.

Listen to the sounds

of the city.

Hear the song

of humanity.

It has a beauty

all its own.

Listen to the wind

in the trees.

Hear the melodies

of nature.

They sing a grand

and ancient song.

Look around,

there is a panorama

of living things

all around you

forever playing out

the great drama of life.

The Earth and all

her creatures

together have

a luminescent lullaby

of their own.

As you pity the myriad

of small creatures

because you believe

they cannot think,

they pity mankind

because so few

among us know

how to listen.

Dewey Dirks

Types 101

Types 101

They say

you meet

the same

fifteen people

wherever

you go.

Take the time

to look around

and you'll

find it's

mostly true.

Two kinds

are especially

rare.

Some kinds

are lazy.

Some are

obnoxious.

Some are

artistic.

Some sorts are

very friendly.

Some are

superficial.

Some talk loud.

Some kinds

are quiet.

Some

always complain.

Some types are

dull headed.

Some are very

intelligent,

and some

aspire to

big dreams.

Now, I'll talk

to most

anyone

for an hour

or two,

and I'm

pretty friendly

wherever I go

but the years

have taught me

certain types

of people

and I

don't mix

too well

while other

types

of people

I'm always

glad to meet.

Of all those

types, you'll

likely only

ever meet

the first

thirteen,

and the

six least

progressed

types are

just about

the only kinds

they put

on the TV.

Dewey Dirks