The Eternal Striving For Concord Out of Discord



Seeking exposure.
Naked truth needs no clothing.
Is always blameless.

Ask Eve and Adam.
The cost of Forbidden Fruit:
The poisoned apple!

Fig leaves are dressings.
The price of eating apples.
Bearing loincloths.

A gift of Eden.
 Children are fig-leaved apples.
A couples coupling.

Apples of discord.
Become with cultural blessings.
Apples of one’s eyes.

What was once discord.
Irony of ironies.
Is turned to concord.

About this poem

The creation myth of the tale of Adam and Eve is borne out of an agricultural society of several thousand years ago, where the Hebrew-Aramaic word “ha-adam” translates in English roughly as “Man” or “Mankind,” and the Hebrew-Aramaic word “havvah” (“Eve” in English) can be interpreted as “life,” as “living” or as “enlivening,” suggesting together that the story of Adam and Eve, collectively, is a classical story of the imperfect and flawed (sinful?) life of humanity on earth, eternally seeking, pursuing, and striving to attain and maintain concord out of discord through an unending ethical and moralistic global process involving stages of human social and cultural development that is broadly known as “civilizations. ” Humankind is forever striving to become whole or self-fulfilled (in Jungian terms, to become individuated). 

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Written on January 30, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 30, 2022

Modified by karlcfolkes on September 24, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAB XXX CDB XDA ECX EXE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 422
Words 88
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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3 Comments
  • AIDA
    I absolutely love this poem! It's insightful and thought-provoking, offering a unique perspective on the age-old story of Adam and Eve. The imagery is vivid and beautifully written, and I especially appreciate how it turns the negative connotations of the story into positive lessons about growth, evolution, and the beauty of human connection. The message about seeking exposure and embracing truth is one that resonates deeply with me, and I think this is a poem that many readers will find inspiring and empowering. Well done! 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Soulwriter
    Great interpretation of the original sin narrative.
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • Dougla$Irishman
    I believe in the Bible, it's my choice, to each their own !
    66 books by 40 writers inspired by God ! The Bible is so unique, it's style is flawless but a fairy tale to others who have no faith, Faith is a gift of God you won't receive it unless you know Him personally !
    But your poem is very funny, it made my funny bone laugh !
    Worldly education will only take you so far. and then what ?
     
    LikeReply2 years ago

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