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Cinquain Poems

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A Poet is a Proverbial Messenger — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Words as a kernel The proverbs of poetry As a healing balm As cures for our deceptions Our wounds and our injuries As a mustard seed Feeble and...	2,169 views Rate it
Colin Powell: May He Be Given Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Gone now, and yet forever here to stay, a giant among us, a soldier on display. This folklore hero, patriot. A veteran of the wars. A statesman of the...	1,150 views Rate it
The Moving Finger — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Moving Finger, Having writ, moves on, therewith Inscribing onwards An unfolding epilogue With all of us as players. Having entrances. Placed...	979 views Rate it
Beehive B-Flat Rhapsody — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Beehive B-flat z’s The chords of B’s are humming… The drones’ symphony. Their Queen Bee’s Composition… Now abuzz in my waxed ears. Follicles of...	812 views Rate it
The Politics of Crime and Punishment — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Congressional politics. Devoid of ethics. Is the politics of crime. A human illness. And crime that goes unpunished. Congressional politics. Gone...	697 views Rate it
America’s Danger From Authoritarianism and Disinformation — Karl Constantine FOLKES	All dangerous signs Nations must take notice of And be prepared to counter. Authoritarianism. How it festers as a poison. As a bed partner Of...	588 views Rate it
The Russian Bear in Arms With the Ukraine — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Putin and Hitler. Two European warlords. Birds of same feathers. Waging dangerous warfare. One checked, the other unchecked. Hitler and Putin. ...	423 views Rate it
Genji’s Tragedy of Distraction — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The tale of Genji concerns the all that he lost; all his love interests, all his ten thousand lovers. All imaging his mother. The tale of DAO ...	389 views Rate it
DAO Has No Need of Words — Karl Constantine FOLKES	DAO as archetype, is bereft of counterpart. These eighteen stanzas, as words, cannot express it. They serve only as template. DAO has no need. DAO...	379 views Rate it
DAOIST Principle of Unity — Karl Constantine FOLKES	All the opposites spring from the very same source. Neither superior; differing only in name. The Gate to All Mystery. A DAOIST thought: “The...	375 views Rate it
Life in the Balance — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life in the balance: Here I am at Double Tree. Hilton Residence. Reflecting on life’s values… After devastating loss. A raging fire, taking hold...	366 views Rate it
A Pastor’s Prayer For Vigilant Obedience — Karl Constantine FOLKES	MY PETITION: Bind me as servant Royally as soldier Ordained now as Pastor To serve you with compassion Honoring your precious love Expecting...	366 views Rate it
Our Redeeming God of Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Our Redeeming God is director of our lives, giving us choices at every single moment, serving as Sanctifier. Our Redeeming God, for special use...	359 views Rate it
Ode to a Taoist Wildflower — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A Taoist Wildflower, in a cultivated field, standing bravely, ever firmly; observing nature’s offerings, unsullied by pretenses of human imagery. ...	335 views Rate it
Recovery Found in God’s Love — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The nature of shock, how it affects to the core, when it is sudden, and without any warning; recovery found in God’s...	333 views Rate it
Perfection Needs No Mending — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Wholeness is our goal, not striving for perfection; which is the divine. Wholeness for our fulfillment; for our earthly completion. As Saint Paul...	331 views Rate it
The Co-interdependence of Life Forms — Karl Constantine FOLKES	In all of Life’s forms the unconscious state is primary. At state of one’s ‘birth’ it ‘materializes,’ transformed into ‘consciousness.’ Life is a...	232 views Rate it
The Sad State of Fresh Water — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Our Blue Planet Earth. Our blue watery planet. Our Blue-Gold Planet. Water, water everywhere. Unsafe for some to drink it. The state of water. ...	135 views Rate it
The Maternal Bond of Nature — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The maternal bond is unlike any other; ‘tween mother and child. So umbilically tied; and can never be severed. Nature upholds, with numerous...	113 views Rate it
Ripples of Hopefulness — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Courage over Fear, with ripples of Hopefulness; and Love over Hate: The potion of goodwill cheer for social change with justice. Lifelong legacy ...	67 views Rate it
DAO: Art of The Middle Way — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Posit of DAO: Opposites resolution. The Middle Way course. Art of homeostasis. For balance and...	66 views Rate it