The Lost Seeker

In The Lost Seeker, poet Richard Kydd focuses on the human spiritual journey, and the pain and conflict of man's dual spiritual and material makeup. A consistent theme is his observation that we are trapped in an illusion while in this life. In The Portal 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 Locked in a Dream, and in The Window, which we see through dimly. The sadness of the passing of time, and the loss of loved ones, is mentioned often. In Of Yesterday he describes, 'Magic Moments lost in time, gone without a trace." In Dreams he calls a fond memory 'A photo in an album, a picture in a frame, a moment trapped in time, to never come again." 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 The Flaming Spirit a soul is 'Lost to itself beyond the great reaches of eternity. Forever flying higher." And in Born Eternal Kydd says, 'For we are spirit, born unencumbered." Kydd sees love as the end to the human soul's suffering, and this volume contains some touching love poems, in particular The Passing, a memorial to his Spiritual Grandmother.