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Quatrain Poems

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The Alienist and the Patient — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Complementary Function of Dreams: A Preface “The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream...	1,306 views Rate it
I Danced With Calliope Last Night — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I danced with Calliope last night, while playing musically. She with the harp, me with the flute. I danced with her while dreaming. ‘Twas by the...	783 views Rate it
Gibran’s ‘River’ Courses Our Lives — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The River Cannot Go Back: A Parable “The River Cannot Go Back,” declared once the mystic and poet, Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran. author of “The...	590 views Rate it
The Co-Existence of Two Strange Bedfellows — Karl Constantine FOLKES	This is a paradoxical existential story. As old as Time, as new as the breaking dawn. About two distempered relatives. Seemingly different, yet oh so...	575 views Rate it
Be a Reggae Ras-Tafari-Mon — Karl Constantine FOLKES	JAH-Ras-Tafari. A righteous song of i-an-i. Be a reggae ras-tafari-mon. An fly away from Babylon. Reggae music deh ya fi tan. Let’s sing it all...	447 views Rate it
Waka Poetry Chiming — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Voices chanting sutras, Hymnic lyrical sutras. Other voices weaving, Weaving Kama sutras. Cherry blossoms ripening, Youthful eyes — delighting. ...	435 views Rate it
José Martí: Un Hombre Sincero — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Without a word, the pompous muse He set aside and understood: From such a withered branch he chose; To hang thereby his doctoral hood. He knew when...	406 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...	379 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Six — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The search for wholeness is the search of modern man; the quest, to regain knowledge of the Divine Self; and remove his Edenic stain; his blemish. ...	377 views Rate it
Summoned or not God is Ever Present — Karl Constantine FOLKES	God’s dwelling place is everywhere. And everywhere is God’s dwelling place. We cannot escape God. The architect of our consciousness. Since for...	373 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Seven — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The thought that lingers, will not rest, of man, and of man’s true nature. Man outwards bent, resisting inwards, the source of his true nature. Not...	356 views Rate it
Sweet Lydia — Karl Constantine FOLKES	And have you ever seen a bird in flight How gracefully she soars above the trees Leaving her roost in Winter’s blight When Autumn leaves begin to...	352 views Rate it
DAO Affirms Wholeness — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Unmanifest DAO affirms the truth that wholeness is of oneness. Ten thousand things just manifest the nature of that Oneness. Made of flesh that has...	323 views Rate it
The DAO of Zero — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Zero is like DAO Empty yet full Full in its emptiness A balance to all numbers. The art of numbers Holding ancient mysteries Elegant in...	207 views Rate it
A Dreamer’s Chamber Music — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Behold, the dreamer dreameth ! Composing chamber music. From deep recesses of the mind, Emerging something rustic . Nocturnal nocturnes in my...	207 views Rate it
The Strident Chant of Freedom — Karl Constantine FOLKES	CHANT OF CHORAL VOICES (Crescendo) “Composers, singers, poets, musicians: Restore us to be whole, you artists. Instill in us sweet...	200 views Rate it
Mercurial Messages in My Lines — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Do not be flustered if you find mercurial messages in my lines. Born under sign of Gemini, at cusp of water and of moon. I am the betwixt and the...	186 views Rate it
He Alone is Without Blemish — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Holding on to the opposites. Body merging with the Spirit. That is the hope for humankind. Ever seeking after wholeness. There came one modeling...	145 views Rate it
The Carolean Era of King Charles The Third — Karl Constantine FOLKES	All the world witnessed The coronation of Charles; On the sixth of May. A ceremony In Westminster Abbey. Twenty Twenty Three. By bishops...	135 views Rate it
War Subtracts and Never Adds — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The victors own the spoils of war. The losers are the spoils. In warfare even when there’s draw. The human loss the soul recoils. War subtracts and...	113 views Rate it
A Nascent Mind Unfolding — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A nascent mind unfolding. Filled with awe and wonder; Of the composition of the universe. And its secrets needing exploration. And so a small child...	106 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Eight — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The thought that lingers concerns the human mind. How, as humans, we are all storytellers. As scribes of our imagination, we actively keep records of...	85 views Rate it
Nature’s Heavenly Rainbow — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Nature is as nature is, without judgment. Mankind is as mankind is, full of judgment. Nature sows and mankind reaps. The one as giver and the other as...	57 views Rate it