A Catalogue of the Works
of Ron Lampi
Works now available
(in chronological order)
compiled May 2009
Until that time that my works are published as books available in your local bookstore, I offer them as cardstock cover bound photocopies of the manuscripts or as cardstock cover booklets (all of the shorter works). There are so many works and new editions of works that I am not able to set prices for them all in these formats at this time. If you are interested in acquiring works of mine, please do inquire and I will determine the price at that time.
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
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
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
A
long poetic narrative chronicling the story of the early years of the crop
circles in
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
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
One
long continuously woven poem about all aspects of Santa Cruz, including
throughout Santa Cruz County.
Inside the VORTEX (of
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.
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.
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.
Bay of Monterey, Poems of Monterey Bay
(10th edition) 1983-2008 171 pgs
Collection
of poems all relating in one way or another to our Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, here, in California.
On The Cruz, Poems of Santa Cruz (9th edition) late 1980s-2008 210
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.
Poetry / Is, A Selection of Poems
about Poetry & the Poet’s Calling (5th edition) compiled 2008
65 pgs
A range of poems written over the years all relating to poetry and
living the poet’s life.
An Invitation to participate in The MYTHOS 2008 in booklet 12 pages
My invitation to others to join with me in a collective creative project—The MYTHOS (project).
Lamp Light, a selection of short poems (7th edition) compiled 2008 92 pgs
Includes a good number of my classic short
poems. Many of the poems
are from other collections.
From the Corridors (of the Labyrinth) 2001-2008 78 pgs
Short
poems & fragments along my way.
The New Age Vision 2000/2009 308 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.
The Lamp of the
I: The Lamp of Psyche, My name as a Calling 2009 15 pgs
An
essay exploration of the I as a Lamp of
self-illumination based on my name as a Calling to be that Lamp.
The Santa Cruz Manifesto 2006/2009 in booklet 9 pgs
My
manifesto statement on Santa Cruz as a place on the Edge and what this must
mean for us.
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Works are either copies of the MS formatted 8 ½ X 11 in tape binding, or are booklets (as indicated).
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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
Song of the New Age long poem began 2002
The
OCEAN, Your Story
began 2003
Long, involved poem about all aspects of the world’s oceans.
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
Arizona poems began 2001
Poems of place miscellaneous
The Shasta Connection, A poem encounter began 2004
Big Coast/Big Sur, A Poem Encounter began 2005
A projected long poem exploring my encounter with Big Sur
The Big Picture long poem began 2006
Approaching Being began 2007
philosophical
Our
Bay of Monterey, The Giant Poem of Monterey Bay began 2007
From this Place
Questions for Big Father 2008
theological
How Are We to Think Metaphysics? 2009
philosophical
Lampi’s Lexicon 2009
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.