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A Catalogue of the Works

 

of Ron Lampi

 

Works now available

(in chronological order)

 

compiled August 2008

 

 

        Prices are not set at this time. If you are interested in acquiring works of mine, please do inquire.

 

 

Memory and Fire  1972-1983  79 pgs  

First major collection of poems, themes of Passion (Fire) & Memory (Water), the poet’s calling, the Muse. Contains the long poem (24 pgs) “The Journey to Memory.”

 

The Secret of the Sun: A Vision  1977  in booklet 10 pgs  

Poem for 2 voices. The Vision of the Sun in Monterey Bay

 

The Golden Thread  1978/1988  in booklet 38 pgs 

My early statement/poetic prose manifesto on the possibilities of the art of contemporary mythmaking.

 

The Lessons of Psyche  1983-1987  54 pgs  

Collection of poems “channeled” from Psyche, the Higher Self, as a series of “lessons.”

 

The Birth of Psyche & other poems  1982-1988  37 pgs  

Narrative long poem about moving to Santa Cruz, California, and receiving the Vision of Psyche, with a few other poems written during this time.

 

Children of No Memory  1989  in booklet 20 pgs 

Performance poem for 5 voices. Children in this future time are cyborgs: a youth rebels.

 

A Television’s Last Day  1989  in booklet 13 pgs  

Performance poem for 3 voices. A TV addict & a TV rebel argue about television; television itself has a voice.

 

The Great Santa Cruz Mountains Earthquake, a poem chronicle 1989-1990  21 pgs  

3 poems chronicling the Quake of ’89, and its aftermath.

 

A Divine Psyche Manifesto  1990  in booklet  10 pgs  

A poetic manifesto for the bringing of Psyche into the world.

 

Lizzy Maroon, The Interview  1990  in booklet  29 pgs

Play in one act. My character Lizzy Maroon is introduced to the world, interviewed on television program called Instant Celebrity.

 

Through the Labyrinth, A Guided Astrological Meditation  1997  in booklet 28 pgs  

A guided meditation through the Labyrinth of the astrological planets, finding our way

to the Living Fountain.

 

The Crop Circle Mystery, a poem chronicle  1998  31 pgs  

        A long poetic narrative chronicling the story of the early years of the crop circles in England,

to about 1995-96.

 

Photons  compiled 1999  in booklet 18 pgs  

A collection of aphorisms written over the years.

 

A Femme Affair  1999-2000  27 pgs  

Poems of my transgender experience, including a one page Transgender Manifesto.

 

Threshold of the Millennium & other poems  compiled 2000  39 pgs  

Long poem about the imminent New Millennium & other related poems. All these poems

are also found in Advent.

 

The Cruz & other poems  1988-1990/2001 39 pgs  

The long poem “The Cruz” & a few other poems about life in Santa Cruz in the late 1980s.

This collection has been incorporated into On The Cruz.

 

Ronna I Am, Poems of Ronna Rush  1999-2001  30 pgs 

Some poems “written” by my alter ego, Ronna Rush.

 

The Multi Guy on Pacific Ave  2000-2001  83 pgs  

Collection of poems documenting my stint for two summer seasons as a street performer on

Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue.

 

Technos & Psyche, A Prelude  1992/2002  40 pgs 

Long narrative prelude to a projected epic-length poem presenting the first encounters between Technos & Psyche, and their respective realities.

 

More Lamp, miscellaneous, uncollected poems  compiled 2002  46 pages  

Miscellaneous poems written over the years that did not go into any other particular collections, including a series of anti-war poems from the 1980s.

 

Columbia, A Poem Memorial  2003  in booklet  6 pgs  

A poem memorial of shuttle Columbia’s last moments.

 

The Cruz  1988/2003  in booklet  18 pgs  

Long poem about my first ten years in Santa Cruz. My version of “Howl” set in Santa Cruz:

my death and rebirth on The Cruz.

 

The Multi Guy  (2nd edition)  2000-2001/2003  90 pgs  

Short humorous pieces, brief essays from the perspective of the Multi Guy, texts for performance skits, quirky dialogues.

 

Water, Water…Precious Water 2004  in booklet  39 pgs 

Long poem about all aspects of water, celebrating water.

 

The Tail of Hale-Bopp, a poem chronicle  1997/2004  36 pgs  

A long poetic narrative chronicling the Great Comet of ’97.

 

Our Fish Bowl World  2004  in booklet  11 pgs 

Long flowing poem about how an alien visitor might view our planet. Taken from Advent.

 

ENERGY, The Dance of   2005  28 pgs

Long poem exploring the whole notion of energy.

 

The Giant Santa Cruz Poem (4rd edition)  1988-2005  61 pgs 

One long continuously woven poem about all aspects of Santa Cruz, including throughout

Santa Cruz County.

 

Inside the VORTEX (of Santa Cruz)  2005  in booklet 17 pgs

Long poem exploring the Vortex that is Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, California.

 

The Grand Finale, an experiment in autobiography  2002-2006  49 pgs

My life story in a long, ever-shifting, complex poetic narrative.

 

The Santa Cruz Manifesto  2006  in booklet  7 pgs

My manifesto statement on Santa Cruz as a place on the Edge and what this must mean for us.

 

Poetry /  Is, A Selection of Poems about Poetry & the Poet’s Calling  (4th edition) compiled 2006 

61 pgs     

A range of poems written over the years all relating to poetry and living the poet’s life.

 

America Is What?  A diverse collection of pithy & often quirky responses all in fun  2003/2006 

in booklet  27 pgs

 

The Poet Reflects  2004-2007  in booklet  26 pgs

A series of short prose reflections on the poet’s life and calling.

 

The New Age Vision  2000 / 2007  285 pgs  

My book-length exploration on what the New Age means. My intent was to make it the definitive statement that spells it all out. With chapters on Postmodernism, World Ages, Spirit & Soul, the Higher Self, our psychospiritual evolution, Psyche as Mythos for the New Age, Technos & the new technologies, Gaia our Earth Web, UFOs and ET contact, the Next Level of the astral-psychic, mythmaking as the art of the New Age, and on the emerging New Story of us, and other themes. Though I still do work on it, it is considered complete enough to share as is.

 

Big Coast/Big Sur, A Poem Encounter  2005/2007  in booklet  10 pgs

A prelude poem to a projected long poem exploring my encounter with Big Sur.

 

The Vision of Psyche  2006/2007  in booklet  23 pgs

Poetic rendering of my Vision of Psyche, making the Vision readily available in this short work.

 

Why I Favor ET Intervention  2001/2007  in booklet  9 pgs

My concise statement on why I favor ET intervention in the contemporary world.

 

A Meditation on the UFO  2007  in booklet  27 pgs

A philosophical meditative consideration of the impact that the UFO as indicator of Other Intelligence will have upon human reality.

 

The Next Act  2001/2007  in booklet 15 pgs  

Long flowing poem about evolution past, present, and future on planet Earth. Taken from Advent.

 

Lamp Light, a selection of short poems  (7th edition) compiled 2007  90 pgs  

Includes a good number of my classic short poems. Many of the poems are from other collections.

 

Bay of Monterey  (10th edition) 1983-2007  166 pgs 

Collection of poems all relating in one way or another to our Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary, here, in California.

 

From the Corridors (of the Labyrinth)  2001-2007  70 pgs

Short poems & fragments along my way.

 

On The Cruz, Poems of Santa Cruz  (9th edition) late 1980s-2008  207 pgs  includes The Cruz & other poems, The Great Santa Cruz Mountains Earthquake, & Inside the Vortex (of Santa Cruz)    

Wide ranging collection of poems about life in Santa Cruz: people, street life, places, businesses, events.

 

Advent  (4th edition)  1980s-2008  329 pgs  includes Threshold of the Millennium & other poems, most of The Lessons of Psyche, & the performance poem “Children of No Memory”  

My master collection of poems in-progress about contemporary Earth and all aspects of the New Age. My “evangel-poem” (Whitman) of the Aquarian New Age. My announcement collection for the work to come The MYTHOS.

 

The Sun Experience, An Opening to Being  2007/2008  in booklet  29 pages

A philosophical exploration of my lifelong experience of the Sun as an Opening to my encounter with Being.

 

The Word as Mythos  2008  in booklet  30 pages

A philosophical study of the Word as Logos contrasted to Mythos, advocating a New Age renewal and reinterpretation of an emerging new Word as Mythos—The Mythos.

 

The Naiveté of Humanity  2008  in booklet  8 pages

        An essay exposing humanity’s naïve self-centeredness and self-importance in the universe.

 

Some Reflections on Writing & Art  1980s/2008  in booklet  24 pages

        Short prose reflections largely written in the 1980s relating to writing, art, and the artist life.

 

An Invitation to participate in The MYTHOS  2008  in booklet  10 pages

My invitation to others to join with me in a collective creative project—The MYTHOS (project).

 

 

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        Works are either copies of the MS formatted 8 ½ X 11 in tape binding, or are booklets (as indicated).

Inquire about pricing and mailing charges—at this time it can fluctuate.

Checks made to: Ron Lampi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works in progress/incomplete/not yet available/to be revised

(not inclusive of all)

 

 

Early Poems  1971-1976

 

A Manifesto of Fire  mid-late 1970s  There’s an original shorter version & a longer version.

 

The Words of Romance  (prose poems)  1982

 

The Labyrinth, A Myth of Suffering  (prose narrative)  1985  54 pgs

My natal chart transformed into a story. To be revised.

 

Where Danger Is  (narrative poem)  1988  165 pgs

The world verges on nuclear war. The story follows main character and friends living

in Santa Cruz. To be revised.

 

Implications of Alien Contact  (book-length study)  1996  132 pgs

To be revised.

 

Lizzy Maroon Cruz’n (long narrative poem)  in progress 102 pgs   1990 / 2008

The story of Lizzy Maroon encountering Santa Cruz.

 

By the Tail  (autobiographical shorts)  began late 1980s

 

Among Redwoods (poems)  began 2001

 

Reflections on the UFO Phenomenon

A collection of short prose reflections on all aspects of the UFO phenomenon

 

The Vision of Psyche, A Study

A study of my Vision

 

The Iraq Story  (a poem chronicle) began 2003

 

OCEAN, Your Story  began 2003

Long, involved poem about all aspects of the world’s oceans.

 

Santa Cruz: Mythos of Place

A diverse collection of short prose pieces based on my public lecture by that name.

 

Our Star, The Sun  began 2004

Long poem all about the Sun

 

The Shasta Connection, A poem encounter  began 2004

 

Song of the New Age  long poem  began ?

 

        The Big Picture  long poem began 2006

 

Approaching Being  began 2007 

philosophical

 

Our Bay of Monterey, Allowing Place to Bring Us into Vision  began 2007

 

        Bay of Monterey, The Giant Poem of  began 2007

 

From this Place Santa Cruz, Going out to all the world  long poem  began 2008

 

The MYTHOS

A masterwork offering the revelation of the Aquarian dispensation for the New Age.

This work will be the fulfillment of the intention of Advent. Will be on-going for years.

 

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