Poetry thrives; is alive and living. Join us in a celebration of poems by a variety poets in various cultures and times.
This page for The Poets' Tree includes quotations on happiness by Martha Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Henry van Dyke, Elton Trueblood, A.A. Willitts, Charles Spurgeon, Victor Robinsoll, Edgar Cayce, Norman Vincent Peale, Ruth Stafford Peale, Bertrand Russell, and Marcus Aurelius.
The Poets' Tree list of poets and their poems that celebrate the spirit of poetry.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 tells the truth on the seasons of life.
St. Francis of Assisi expresses his love of humanity and his humility in this poem.
Max Erhmann's words of wisdom by which to live are expressed in this poem.
Antonio Machado's proverb number 29 tells of the road of life that can be lived but once. You can look back upon this road but cannot return to travel it again.
This poem by Novalis, German poet and writer, also reflects his philosophies on life.
Hermann Hesse, author of Siddhartha, reflects on possible past lives in this poem translated by poet Robert Bly.
Kahlil Gibran, poet, philosopher, and artist, was born in Lebanon and became an American citizen.
This gaelic poem is a blessing in itself.
This classical poem speaks of the ups and downs of life.
This poems speaks of enlightenment and a sense of totality.
Mahmud Darwish writes of the lost days when Andalusia was at the height of its glory.
Titles of poems on the Poets' Tree Web site.
Eagle Chief (Letakots-Lesa) contemplates the dual nature of our existence.
Luther Standing Bear speaks of the nature of the Native American and his spirit.
These Native American commandments speak the simple truth of life.
The beauty and wisdom of the Ojibway can be experienced in this poem, this prayer by George Walters of the White Earth Chippewa.
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This memorial celebrates the life of the professor, poet, and friend Richard E. Lee who was born on March 10, 1922 and died on December 14, 2001.
This memorial was created at this Web site in honor of Richard E. Lee, my former poetry teacher at CSULB and friend who helped me with my poems and influenced my life in many positive ways.
Richard Lee was a man of many talents who pursued the ultimate ideals in life: that of self-discovery and of bringing about self-awareness in others. His vocation was that of a professor, but in his personal life his occupation was that of a student.
Richard E. Lee's letters and E-mail messages were filled with honesty and reflected his interests and mood of the time.
Richard E. Lee's style of poetry changed throughout his career, and these samples of his writing reflect the evolution of his style.
Richard E. Lee was an artist and photographer, and also a musician who created his own style of music with his group Ceremonial Sounds.
Links to sites can be found on this page.
The contents of this page have been contributed by friends and loved ones.
This poem by Kyle Anne Bates is a fond remembrance of her late poetry professor Richard E. Lee.
This poem was written by Jeptha Evans, a friend and former colleague of Richard Lee at CSULB.
This poem was contributed in 2003 by Richard's wife Savya.
This poem inspired by a dream was written by Joanna Warwick in 2002.
This poem about a dream I had was originally written in 1980 then revised in 1982.
This poem is based on a dream I had in 1997, and an illustration I made of that dream.
These are some thoughts and dreams about Richard that I had in 2004.
Richard tells of his touching experience with the dedication to him of an edition of Pearl magazine.
Richard Lee was a poet, artist, and educator, a man of many diverse talents. Read his poetry and see his illustrations to experience his wit, wisdom and ironies on life.
Richard Lee's poem, 'Rock Garden,' is meditative in its content and form.
Richard Lee's poem, 'Made in Taiwan,' tells of the natural beauty, art, and artifice of his dandelion puff paper weight.
Richard Lee's poem, 'Shaman Song,' tells of the connection he feels with members of the animal kingdom, and of his spiritual journey.
Richard Lee’s poem, ‘A day of faces to be,’ tells of the poet's acceptance of the events and people for the newborn day.
Richard Lee's poem, 'the desert i know best,' describes the desert of his home.
Richard Lee is a poet, artist, and educator, a man of many diverse talents. Read his poetry and see his illustrations to experience his wit, wisdom and ironies on life.
Richard Lee is a poet, artist, and educator, a man of many diverse talents. Read his poetry and see his illustrations to experience his wit, wisdom and ironies on life.
Richard Lee is a poet, artist, and educator, a man of many diverse talents. Read his poetry and see his illustrations to experience his wit, wisdom and ironies on life.
This memorial celebrates the life of the professor, poet, and friend Richard E. Lee who was born on March 10, 1922 and died on December 14, 2001.
Poetry thrives; is alive and living. Join us in a celebration of poems by a variety poets in various cultures and times.
This page includes comments from -- and about -- the Poet's Tree.
Yuki Neko welcomes you to the Zen garden, featuring poems by Japanese monk poet Ryokan.
This tanka poem celebrates the joy of silence in meditation.
This tanka poem speaks about subjugating one's ego and emptying one's mind in the practice of Zen.
The poet looks back on a period of his life on Mount Kugami, then moves on to present times.
This crytic poem discusses the impermanence in life and a hypothetical situation.
In this poem the poet speaks to a bird, feeling akin with it for the transitory existence we all lead.
In this poem the poet contemplates the reality of dreams and the surreal qualities of reality.
This poem speaks of the journey we all make in life till we return home.
This proverb embraces the condition of the world and lends advice on how to achieve a more perfect society.
This tanka poem speaks about the moon, the clouds, and life.
The greatest swordsman of Japan, Miyamoto Musashi, was also a poet, artist, and Buddhist philosopher.
This poem by Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism, tells of the usefulness in emptiness or nothingness.
Two verses by Chien-chih Seng-ts'an, Third Zen Patriarch, from Verses on the Faith Mind
Words of wisdom from the Sanskrit
A section from 'The Dhammapada', translated from the Pali
A Haiku by Japanese poet Narihira
Tagore's poem speaks of hope.
Elizabeth Bishop has created a masterpiece sestina in her poem 'A Miracle for Breakfast.'
Robinson Jeffers, who built a home out of rock in Big Sur, frequently wrote about the hawk in his poems.
Charles Simic, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, was raised in America. He has won numerous awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Denise Levertov, who was born and raised in England, arrived in America as an adult. Here she became associated with the Black Mountain group of poets, and during the 1960s was known for her works which spoke out against the Vietnam War and supported the Feminist movement.
Rabbi Harold S. Kushner wrote this poem expressly for the publication 'Parade,' distributed weekly throughout the USA.
Words by an unknown poet.
This picture of Richard E. Lee was taken by David Barker in the faculty parking lot at Cal State Long Beach.
Savya and Richard Lee prepare for their performance with Ceremonial Sounds on August 25, 1991 at the Marina Pacifica Clubhouse in Long Beach, California.
On August 25, 1991, Ceremonial Sounds performed at the Marina Pacifica Clubhouse in Long Beach, California.
Richard Lee recites a poem as part of the Ceremonial Sounds performance at CSULB's Graduate Studies Center, on October 17, 1991.
I received this Ceremonial Sounds flier from Richard on October 9, 1991.
Richard Lee rests during a hike at Joshua Tree on April 3, 1993.
Richard Lee created this watercolor and ink illustration of a sunflower on July 7, 1991.
Richard Lee created this watercolor Yantra on paper made in England.
Richard Lee created this watercolor and ink Yantra illustration on paper made in Spain.
Richard Lee created this watercolor and ink rendition of musical instruments and accoutrements used by Ceremonial Sounds.
Richard Lee created this delightful cartoon image of himself on the Camino.
This letter from Richard Lee tells about his misadventures on El Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
This is the first letter I received from Richard Lee. He wrote this while in India, attending classes by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
This letter from Richard Lee was written at his home in Long Beach, California. At this time I was preparing to leave the local newspaper, my first full time job out of college where I was employed for a little more than a year. The stress of that environment and the cutback in my hours led me to search for new employment. Meanwhile, I still worked as a part time sales clerk at The Broadway department store.
This letter from Richard Lee explains that he is no longer wearing orange, as he did when he was a student of Rajneesh.
This letter from Richard Lee tells about life on the desert.
This letter from Richard Lee tells about his upcoming gallbladder surgery.
Richard Lee's poem from the book by the same title is reminiscent of Dylan Thomas's style of writing.
Richard Lee explores patterns of his life through this poem--patterns that recur in later works, taking on new shapes and forms.
This poem from Richard Lee's 'As If' is a formal poem filled with mood and tension, despite its seemingly gentle exterior and subject matter.
Richard Lee expresses the feeling of a poet's anxiety before reading his poetry outloud before a live audience.
Richard Lee gives an interview to himself, asking questions on how his career as a writer began in this autobiographical spoof of a poem.
Richard Lee jokes about his identity in this poem about a mistaken identity.
Another humorous autobiographical poem about Richard Lee and his experience as a soldier during WWII.
In this autobiographical poem, Richard E. Lee jokes about his service in WWII.
Richard Lee writes his own parable about flies as he reminisces on his youth in Catholic school in this poem.
The transitory nature of the world is expressed by Richard Lee in this poem about the desert winds of his home.
Richard Lee's poem 'Tree' takes the still form of a tree, while presenting the black and white reality of an Italian village in Campania shattered by death on November 23, 1980, and the poet's realization of how the branches of a tree similate that of the branches of a family tree.
In this poem, poet Richard Lee shares his love of the late silver screen star George Raft (9/27/1895 - 11/24/1980), and with riotous black humor compares details of his obituary alongside funerary ads in the newspaper.
A walk in the park can be a poem in itself, as Richard Lee proves in this poem.
In 1980, Richard Lee wrote this poem 'Who' in which he explores his own identity, questioning and answering the question he poses to the reader, and to himself. As the poet looks at himself in the mirror, we see him too.
Richard Lee's poem 'Prelude' tells of the poet as an older man who now reflects on his life and its meaning--looking back at the boy he was, and the path he should have taken long ago.
Richard Lee tells of a real life experience that might seem to be ordinary, but which also speaks of the illusory nature of dreams and reality.
Richard Lee's natural style suits this natural topic.
Richard Lee jokes about his music, age, and the new age in which we live.
Richard wrote a series of poems he categorized as Thin Hymns or Fat Haikus.
Richard Lee compares a train wreck he witnesses with his own condition.
This letter from Richard Lee discusses his interests in Nautilus training, the book Who Dies, and the Bodhi Tree book store.
Richard's poem about his lung cancer is quite the anti-thesis of its title.
This letter from Richard Lee is the first following my graduation from CSULB in May 1981.
This letter from Richard Lee tells of his run through El Dorado Park.
In this letter, Richard Lee writes of his newly discovered interest in channeling, and of psychics and mystics, and of his accident while painting the exterior of his house in Long Beach, California. This accident would later inspire a poem he wrote on the subject, entitled 'In a Dream.'
Richard Lee reaches another crossroad in his rich and complex life.
Richard's letter tells of his Shamanism workshop.
This letter from Richard Lee tells about his trip to Arkansas and New Mexico.
This letter from Richard Lee tells of his travels abroad and in the United States.
Richard Lee writes about his move to Joshua Tree and about Esalen.
Richard Lee writes of his transitional period before moving to Joshua Tree.
Richard Lee tells of the beauty of spring at his new home in the desert.
Richard Lee tells of autumn at his new home in the desert.
Richard Lee tells of his last days at CSULB.
Richard Lee gives words of comfort and wisdom.
Richard Lee writes of Shamanism.
This letter from Richard Lee follows my letter to him after my trip to Joshua Tree.
Richard Lee writes of Sedona and tells of his own brand of Shamanism.
Richard Lee writes of spring in Joshua Tree.
Richard Lee writes about how things are for him following his gallbladder surgery.
Richard Lee writes about the new tape recording for Ceremonial Sounds.
Richard Lee writes about the moonrise concert and another new tape recording for Ceremonial Sounds.
Richard Lee writes about the heat of the desert.
Richard Lee wonders whether or not he should have bought a new Macintosh computer.
Richard E. Lee expresses his joy at having successfully sent his first e-mail.
Richard Lee complains about his Macintosh computer.
Richard expresses his awe of how technology has gotten less expensive and more efficient.
Richard tells about the scanned-in watercolor image he sent in the mail.
Richard E. Lee conveys his anxieties and excitement about planning for his last trip to New York City.
Richard E. Lee tells of his plans for visiting New York City.
Richard E. Lee writes about his trip to New York City.
Richard E. Lee continues to reminisce about his trip to New York City.
Richard E. Lee tells more about his trip to New York City, and also mentions his upcoming activities.
Fires sweep Joshua Tree, and Richard E. Lee recounts the incident.
Richard E. Lee tells about what happened on his Father's Day in 1999.
Richard expresses his enjoyment over books by Donald Hall and DeSalvo.
Richard E. Lee tells about his new experiences in graphic arts.
Richard E. Lee tells of his dabbling in graphic medium, practice for a concert, and current readings and studies.
Richard's printer and scanner, and printer paper he uses.
Richard tells of his and Savya's upcoming plans for the New Year.
Richard E. Lee writes about poetry and poetry Web sites.
Richard expresses joy over finding his poetry posted at The Poets' Tree Web site.
Richard decides to write a poem a day, poems about his lung cancer.
Richard E. Lee tells of an orchid farm and upcoming concert at the Integratron.
Richard E. Lee tells of his experiences as a member of the faculty at CSULB.
Richard Lee's concert at the Integratron was a success, and a CD recording may follow.
Richard Lee expresses his anxiety about the thought of having lung surgery.
Richard tells of his proposed lung surgery.
Richard E. Lee opts for another way of healing himself other than lung surgery.
Richard learns qigong, as an alternative way of healing his lung cancer.
Richard began taking up qigong as a type of therapy for his lung cancer.
Richard learns qigong, as an alternative way of healing his lung cancer.
Richard tells about his experience with the friendly neighborhood raven.
Richard tells about the results of his CT scan.
Richard E. Lee expresses excitement over having his artwork posted to the Poets' Tree Web site.
Richard discusses watching the bird phainopepla.
Richard tells about the origins of the Creative Writing program at CSULB.
Richard thinks about walking El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Richard buys his airline ticket to Spain, but begins to feel anxious about going.
Richard tries to decide what he should bring on his backpacking trip to Spain.
Richard further contemplates his upcoming trip to Spain.
Richard is pleased to announce the good news on his CT scan results.
Richard plans for the last Ceremonial Sounds concert, on the event of his and Savya's 50th wedding anniversary.
Richard shares his thoughts on the significance of the events on September 11th, 2001.
Richard tells about the aftermath of the concert he gave on the event of his 50th wedding anniversary.
Richard tells about his friend's experience in New York City on September 11, 2001.
Richard jokes about himself on the event of Halloween.
Richard E. Lee's last e-mail to me tells about his sighting of the Leonid meteor shower.
Richard Lee was a man of many talents who pursued the ultimate ideals in life: that of self-discovery and of bringing about self-awareness in others. His vocation was that of a professor, but in his personal life his occupation was that of a student.
Richard Lee was a man of many talents who pursued the ultimate ideals in life: that of self-discovery and of bringing about self-awareness in others. His vocation was that of a professor, but in his personal life his occupation was that of a student.
Richard Lee was a man of many talents who pursued the ultimate ideals in life: that of self-discovery and of bringing about self-awareness in others. His vocation was that of a professor, but in his personal life his occupation was that of a student.
Big Thunder (Begadi) tells about the Great Spirit's benevolence to all.
Big Thunder (Begadi) tells about the Great Spirit's benevolence to all.
Big Thunder (Begadi) tells about the Great Spirit's benevolence to all.
Chief Dan George, leader of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, expresses a profound, universal thought with simple, beautiful words.
Netsilik Eskimo poet Nalungiaq has written this mystical piece, edited by Edward Field.
This poem by the Dinka people of Africa celebrates the bull.
These two poems of Ancient Egypt show reverence of the Sun God, Ra.
This poem by the Yoruba people of Africa celebrates the family.
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