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Watching Waves
Watching Waves is a collection of 76 poems comprised almost entirely of deeply personal interior musings about the nature of reality. Over eighty percent of this collection has never appeared in print before. Themes of a universal God and our search for God are prevalent throughout. Diverse influences of Indian Gurus, Tibetan Lamas, Lao Tzu, Zen, Sufi and Christian mystics inform the book’s cosmology. The opening stanza of the title poem conveys the essential ontology:
“We are the observer,
seated in Self,
watching the universe
as a wave flowing
before our consciousness.”
108 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2013
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About the author
Richard Gartee
56 books43 followersRichard Gartee is a poet, author and award-winning novelist. Since his first novel, Lancelot’s Grail was published, he has published seven more novels. He is a full-time author. In addition to his eight novels, he has had six collections of poetry published, a biography, seven college textbooks, and a history of the Hippodrome Theatre.
His novel Ragtime Dudes In a Thin Place won the Royal Palm Literary Award. It's sequel Ragtime Dudes Meet a Paris Flapper won him another Royal Palm Literary Award.
He studied eastern philosophy and meditation for 50 years and is a member of Writers Alliance of Gainesville and Florida Writers Association.
He says:
“I started out in creative writing and then spent 22 years in computer software. During that period of my life I helped design two of the preeminent medical systems and became an expert in the field. Along the way I wrote a college textbook which became a national standard. I left the software company, wrote more textbooks, and became a full time author. Between textbooks I turned my attention back to my creative writing origins. I began working on plays and a novel. For me balancing the left brain – right brain is not that difficult. I enjoy writing and find all of it creative, just in different ways. For me the secret is ‘do the work.’ I make it a point to work on some writing project every day.”
His novel Ragtime Dudes In a Thin Place won the Royal Palm Literary Award. It's sequel Ragtime Dudes Meet a Paris Flapper won him another Royal Palm Literary Award.
He studied eastern philosophy and meditation for 50 years and is a member of Writers Alliance of Gainesville and Florida Writers Association.
He says:
“I started out in creative writing and then spent 22 years in computer software. During that period of my life I helped design two of the preeminent medical systems and became an expert in the field. Along the way I wrote a college textbook which became a national standard. I left the software company, wrote more textbooks, and became a full time author. Between textbooks I turned my attention back to my creative writing origins. I began working on plays and a novel. For me balancing the left brain – right brain is not that difficult. I enjoy writing and find all of it creative, just in different ways. For me the secret is ‘do the work.’ I make it a point to work on some writing project every day.”
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November 13, 2013
From the opening poem, this collection seemed to emerge from pure consciousness....and to evoke the same (ever abiding yet often overlooked) in me, the reader. A hymn to recognition of oneness embodied in multiplicity, embodied in human form. Jai ma! Namaste....
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