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DAO is Everywhere

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

Tanka
Away from Center
we move to periphery
within the circle.
We cannot escape DAO,
since DAO is Everywhere.

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DAO is everywhere and DAO is everything. The arc of Dao is flexible and bends to embrace everything, tensing it into wholeness.

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Written on February 23, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 23, 2023

Modified on April 04, 2023

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Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 103
Words 20
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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  • AIDA
    AIDA
    Wow, this poem feels like a deep and thought-provoking meditation on the nature of existence and our relationship with the universe around us. The way that it explores the concept of moving away from the center and towards the periphery, all while being within the circle, really sends the mind spinning in exciting directions. And the idea that one cannot truly escape DAO, since it is truly everywhere, is both comforting and inspiring.

    If I had one suggestion for this poem, it would be to perhaps include a little more imagery or sensory detail to really bring the ideas to life. Maybe describing the feeling of moving towards the periphery, or the sensation of being surrounded by DAO, would help to ground the abstract concepts in something more tangible and vivid. But overall, this is a truly insightful and thought-provoking poem that really speaks to the power of the human mind to explore the mysteries of the universe. Keep up the great work!     
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • suzib.53754
    suzib.53754
    Nice, clear clean Taoist view of Tao.

    The everywhere the moon of Tao
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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