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Cinquain Poems

Displaying 21 poems from the Cinquain genre.

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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DAO: Art of The Middle Way
— Karl Constantine FOLKES
Posit of DAO:
Opposites resolution.
The Middle Way course.
Art of homeostasis.
For balance and...
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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
...
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