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Books
· A NEW RACE OF HuMANS

· Between the Cracks

· A Monumental Journey - first edition cover

· Beyond Understanding

· The Underground River

· In Search of the First Tribe

· A Monumental Journey - 3rd Edition


Short Stories
· Rejected (a curse or a blessing)

· The Visions of Saoirse Gilbride....

· An Irresistible Transformation...

· Surfing on Silent Skies...

· Doorway...

· The Strange Case of Kicky Cano...

· A Matter of Perspective 2...

· A Surprising Discovery....

· 10 North Waverly Place...

· Old Friendships (not forgotten)


Articles
· Thanks Giving...

· Kennedy and Lincoln...

· The Art of Poetic Prose...

· What Makes a Poet Authentic...

· Paul Harvey’s ‘If I Were The Devil’ transcript- 1965

· Direct Characterization

· Aphorisms (a collection)

· Hey Cortana...(2019)

· Origin, or Destiny?

· Stream of Consciousness


Poetry
· When the Heart is Flawed...

· Catching Happiness...

· The Fragments of Hatred...

· 'Malama Ka Aina'...

· On Open Wings...

· Generations....

· Dewdrops....

· A Gradual Decline…

· Like Wildflowers and Weeds…

· In Nature’s Design…

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Wakening (New Years Morning, 2026)

by Richard Lloyd Cederberg — Read all 280 poems by Richard Lloyd Cederberg

As we begin to rouse, the dreamlike imagery of REM sleep can bleed over at times into ones waking state. This piece narrates a personal transition between those two realities; the initial moments when the eyes are closed, the body is mostly still at peace, but the mind is starting to make connections, resolve things, and conjure all sorts of thoughts and phrases from feelings sounds and smells. A freeform characterization…

Thursday, January 1, 2026


Poem Artwork
At some point
the pineal gland begins
decreasing melatonin levels,
as a waking brain is drawn to
the sounds of pouring rain
outside the windowpane
.
(Inhale……)
.
both eyes still closed,
the vagueness of reality
begins to sharpen with
the smell of
brewing coffee
.
(Exhale……)
.
fancying
forenoons
sustained vigor’s,
information runnels
flow in auditory influences,
trickling temporal dimensions
associated with spatial dispersion
.
(She’s feeding the cat)
.
bone against flesh,
groaning to
pierce barriers
beyond all limitations
or the vast boundaries
of sarcoid hemispheres in
dawn’s unexampled awakening…
.
(Brett Harte! YES… It was
‘The Luck of Roaring Camp.’)
.
(Inhale)……
.
seeking harmony
free from variation,
(or change)
inwardly evolving,
vernal eyes accept what
most regard as malleable,
immanent art predestined to
pop culture’s fugacious trendiness
.
(Exhale)…….
.
The priests sullen nature might work at first, yes,
especially in arousing the congregants sympathy.
Then, his deceptive nature could become a flock
of blackbirds cast up into swirling winds.

(Then again…)
.
perhaps an aggregate
of clerisy foreseeing society
as existential threads
sewn seamlessly,
that when completed
are endowed as a whole
with amorphous consciousness,
living without confinements, or the
religious mutterings of reprobates that
envision endlessness through sullied portals….
.
(“Coffee’s ready sweetheart --- bad dreams?”)
.
© Richard Lloyd Cederberg
1/26
    A NEW RACE OF HuMANS



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Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on January 28, 2026
ISN'T GOD JUST AWESOME?! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AWAKENING; TO LIVE AND LET LIVE! FROM DREAMLAND TO REALITY....AMEN! WONDERFUL, RICHARD, THANKS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH... HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 4, 2026
You captured a great deal of your mind's meanderings while waking up. In a vocabulary that astounds me with its breadth of expression.

Priests' misgivings? I've never been a Catholic and have no idea.

Brought back a fond memory of transporting a church group to ski at Dodge Ridge in 1966 and staying overnight in a beautiful cabin in Brett Harte.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on January 1, 2026
Your ending to this piece was priceless. The build from those first stirrings to the reality of "coffee" time explored so convincingly a process that (many,I suppose) ignore or perhaps don't experience at all. I've hunted through many poet's work to find this kind of thinking, i.e., posing the cause and effect of Rem sleep's awakening thoughts. I have found but a handful of attempts that even come close to this gem. Well done, Richard. Clever, informative and provocative. Thanks for posting.


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