Dean : Writing

           Why Faith?

Why Faith?

A Poem by Dean


Where systems of belief determinewho will ride the coat tails of ouraugust chieftains into Washington,I shudder just a little. Thosewho succeed may no..
           The Little Things

The Little Things

A Poem by Dean


It was just a drop of morning lightthat fell upon a surface of my room--I won't remember it tomorrow, thoughI found its shape a bit unusualand while s..
          The Old Man in the Mirror

The Old Man in the Mirror

A Poem by Dean


He shocks me. Only a day or so agoI'm sure I didn't look like that.I try to part the few thin strandsof hair up top, the patriarchs before mesaw on th..
        To an Unknown Soul

To an Unknown Soul

A Poem by Dean


Of all the fragmentary thoughtsthat ride along with us-- amoment's tingle to the spine,then fly away as any brighter onewill scatter them like bowling..
          Phenomena I Have Met

Phenomena I Have Met

A Poem by Dean


I think of all those flashing, fleeting imagesthat many of us see, unheralded andundesired; I think they arethose "flickerings of presence" poetRobert..
           Thoughts On Totality

Thoughts On Totality

A Poem by Dean


I know--wrong from the start,for who might dare to seek, to sharea summary of paradise revealedfrom just a breath of the divinewhatever that might be...
             The Great Personal Schism

The Great Personal Schism

A Poem by Dean


Now in conversation with myself,and in love with the adventures of the mind,I'm free to argue about them.Feelings are more precise now; they do not mi..
       The Dawning of Consciousness

The Dawning of Consciousness

A Poem by Dean


The hours of the insistent thought,of waiting war, of turmoil in dilemmagather up their own black shadowsat the waning of the night.There are no tolli..
       God Is Not

God Is Not

A Poem by Dean


Just we, inflamed by luststill pine with hungry heartsfor something we may neverunderstand, we beneath the fontof purest grace, led by hopethat God ma..
             Watching Myself Grow Old

Watching Myself Grow Old

A Poem by Dean


It lies beneath the interredspirit of a man, whendeath is close at hand.I sense it manifest withinthat restive, intermitent sparkthat had seemed to be..