Clear Mirror

By Daniel Pasqua

CLEAR MIRROR is a reflection on the many ups and downs of personal relationships. In CLEAR MIRROR the poet explores the nature of love, both human and divine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 31, 2006
• ISBN: 9781469124049

Daniel Pasqua

Daniel Pasqua was born in Wyoming and raised in South Jersey where he excelled in athletics. The author now resides in Massachusetts with his wife, Alison. The practice of Japa Yoga Meditation is an important part of his daily life. The works of Walt Whitman, Hermann Hesse, the Beat generation poets, Bob Dylan and Patti Smith were major positive influences on the development of his writing style. .

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Copyright © 2006 by Daniel Pasqua.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2006900370

ISBN :         Hardcover                               1-4257-0705-X

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                   Ebook                                      978-1-4691-2404-9

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CONTENTS

BIRTH

THE READING

THE MONARCH

UNTITLED

101st SCREAMIN’ EAGLE BLUES

DEJAVU DEPARTURES

DISTANT VAGABOND CHILDREN

CIRCUS

SHADOW BOXING

THE SAINTS IN AFTER LIFE

DEVIL’S LAMENT

ADOLESCENT HOMETOWN BLUES

RAG IN G

TEARS FOR HUMANITY (A DRUM CHANT)

THE DIEHARD

HEADED NORTH ON 95 WITH THOUGHTS OF

LOVE

BY A SMALL FIRE IN CARLISLE

MARTYRED MADONNA

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

PEACEFUL WAY

OH KRISHNA

MOM WHO

NINTH ANNIVERSARY NOD

MEDITATION AND THE MARKETPLACE

THE HAND THAT YOU ARE DEALT

THE SPINNING WHEEL

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER

SONG OF SPRING

SUMMER SONGS

TENTH ANNIVERSARY SUTRA

THE LONE GOOSE

AUTUMN’S SONG

WINDS OF HEAVEN

HINDU HAIKU QUARTET

SAILOR’S PRAYER

HYMN FOR THE SELF

NATURE’S GLORY

UNTIL DEATH DO US PART

NAKED TREES

FLICKERING FLAME (a Rap Song)

ALONE IN A CROWD

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW

MEDITATION NUMBERS SIX AND NINE

FATE

THE MARRIAGE OF FRANK AND SHIRLEY

SONG OF THE WIND AND SEA

NAKED MIDNIGHT SNACK

FIRST TWO LINES OF A YET TO BE NAMED SOAP OPERA

TEA LEAVES

THE GREAT BLUE HERON

EQUINOX EVENING STROLL

OCTOBER’S ARMY

IN SOLITUDE

ROBINS AFTER A RAIN

CAT-LIKE MEDITATION

LAWN WORK

BEARLY AWAKE

TIPI NIGHT

HAIKU FOR THE YEAR

THE CLOTH

WIND PRAYER

DEDICATION

In memory of my mother, Shirley Mae Pasqua, with loving gratitude.

Muddied water, let stand, will become clear.

Lao-tse

BIRTH

Grand mother Tetons to the west

Black father Hills to the east

Somewhere in the middle

I was born

THE READING

Last night I read a new book.

It was written by God.

i read the howling wind and the pitter-patter of rain on a soul.

i read the different shades of darkness and light; the greens and greys

        and browns and blues and reds and whites and yellows and black.

i read the warmth of a lover’s breast and the cold of a Chicago

        slaughter house.

i read the leaping flames of life and glowing embers of death.