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The Way of TAO is The Way of Spirit

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

Haiku
I think of TAO.
Its essence leaves me awestruck.
The WAY of SPIRIT.

About this poem

As it is written of TAO in Chapter One of TAO TEH CHING, “Calling it ‘fathomless’ is still not to fathom it….the door to a cluster of puzzles.”

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Written on February 10, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 10, 2023

Modified by karlcfolkes on April 25, 2023

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Scheme ABC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 67
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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
    Good poetry

    Touches TAO

    In Essence..Spirit(the Way)*****
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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