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The Living Truth

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

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That there is no God.
The fool says in his hard heart.
The soul knows better.
For it is made of Spirit.
Therein is the Living Truth.

About this poem

Man is made of flesh and of spirit. The one is weak; the other is strong. The one knows right; the other does wrong. The flesh is a deceiver. The spirit gives us conscience. The flesh always deceives us, and therefore cannot sustain us; does not endure. The spirit nourishes us and is everlasting. It is the spirit that softens all hearts that are hardened. Yield not to the flesh. Instead, yield to the spirit, and the Truth will be revealed.

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Written on May 05, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on May 05, 2022

Modified on April 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 132
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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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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  • suzib.53754
    suzib.53754
    Ah Zen☯️ the boat of fresh and spirit, holds hands in Darke and Light,

    Discipline yes but also I listen for the hunger of my body somewhat feeds my soul....
    Topics like these appear to be Volumes already, thankhs for the fresh scent! 
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • teril
    teril
    These are inspirational words.
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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