The Lost Seeker

In <I>The Lost Seeker</I> poet Richard Kydd focuses on the human spiritual journey and the pain and conflict of man's dual spiritual and material makeup.</p>A consistent theme is his observation that we are trapped in an illusion while in this life. In <I>The Portal</I> he calls reality 'A dream a portal to a window. A view of semi-detached visions alone to itself floating in nothingness. He refers often to ' . this dream we call life as in <I>Locked in a Dream</I> and in <I>The Window</I> which we see through dimly.</p>The sadness of the passing of time and the loss of loved ones is mentioned often. In <I>Of Yesterday</I> he describes 'Magic Moments lost in time gone without a trace. In <I>Dreams</I> he calls a fond memory 'A photo in an album a picture in a frame a moment trapped in time to never come again.</p>Yet Kydd's message is primarily one of hope. He sees the human spirit as always in longing always seeking the infinite-but ultimately arriving home to find peace. In <I>The Flaming Spirit</I> a soul is 'Lost to itself beyond the great reaches of eternity. Forever flying higher. And in <I>Born Eternal</I> Kydd says 'For we are spirit born unencumbered.</p>Kydd sees love as the end to the human soul's suffering and this volume contains some touching love poems in particular <I>The Passing</I> a memorial to his Spiritual Grandmother.</p>