Best Confucian Poems

Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
 
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*

In homage -...

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Villanelle : If you haven't had that, what have you had*

If you haven't had your life, what have you had
In fear of what lies beyond...

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Gradually the crystalizing dawn -- more hardened  
    Than folded steel --- more sharper than 
  The blade that cuts!...

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I feel like a
Confucian today,
wondering why
the names don't fit.
I need to bring back the
balance.
I am tired of taking 
the hits....

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K’ung Fu Tzu or Confucius his English name,
for centuries, brought China much dignity and fame.

Born in the state of Lu, now Province of Shantung,
a scholar...

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To be truly and deeply Confucian,
we don’t need a refined constitution.
Just obey mom and dad.
Choose the good — not the bad.
Serve the Emperor, S/shun revolution....

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Can a man – all alone - foist a god upon his fellows
Even if it’s only himself
And they his subjects

G.. is Akbar!

Does the muezzin from...

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( A Translation of Kazi Nazrul Islam's famous Bengali poem "Samyabadi")

I sing the song of equality,
in which all obstacles and distance are dissolved,
in which the...

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And shake off the mantric spells ringing in your conditioned minds
            but remember and...

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Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen
 
While reading Charles Bukowski poetry
On the metro ride home
Listening to Buddha bar music
On my oh too hip IPod
 
I begin...

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China, the rising giant;
China, the ruthless tyrant.
China, proud host of the Olympic Games,
China, notorious records of shame.
China, Olympic torch burning bright;
China, missing flame of human...

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Nothing to hide*, Translation of a poem: “A coeur ouvert” by (René) Etiemble

		For Jeannine

(Later in life, Etiemble suppressed his first name, ostensibly on account of...

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COPLA 76 INVOCATION: This Bad Guy World

Is the authoritarian set up
Also the Confucian Heaven:
Prince on people

Can the rogue State cushion blow up
Under the pretext it’s...

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Historical Reflections
The Emperor has four hundred wives
with flower faces framed by jet.
Mai Lin can pluck a thousand tunes,
Yin Feng knows all erotic arts.
They drink spiced...

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The Hippie And Confucius

The sign said ‘Hippies Use Side Door’ but there was only one entrance or exit

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