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The Mystery of TAO

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

Tanka
Great Ouroboros.
Cycle of Life, Death, Rebirth.
A Celebration.
The Feast of The LORD’s Supper.
The Alpha and Omega.

About this poem

THE SOURCE: All come from The Source and, in the end, all return to the source. That is ‘The Way.’ That is the divine nature of Oneness. A Prayer of Early Christian Mysticism of Resurrection: “Liberare Eos” (“Set us free”). Biblical Text: Hebrews 2:15 (Latin Version).

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Written on February 23, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 23, 2023

Modified by karlcfolkes on February 17, 2024

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Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 117
Words 23
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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  • karlcfolkes
    karlcfolkes
    TAO is aspiration; in breath and out breath.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • suzib.53754
    suzib.53754
    The Tao☯️is the Mystery The Way...
    The #Ouraboros is What It Is, the One Circle compleit..
    Clever thoughtful to include The "Last Supper"... The Round Table...The Tea in Wonderland.☕
    LikeReply 21 year ago

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