Chuang Poems


Premium MemberIncarnate

...  "Yalto Form"

"It is said, that we are born from a quiet sleep 
and that at death we slip into a calm awakening."

                                         Chuang Tzo (Tao Sage) 
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Categories: chuang, introspection,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberA Butterfly Dream

...Chuang Tzu (pronounced shuwang zee) was an ancient Chinese philosopher…when one night a vivid dream appeared before his sleeping eyes…in his dream he was not Chuang Tzu anymore…he was a butterfly.

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Categories: chuang, butterfly, dream,
Form: Rhyme


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...He begins
commenting on Chuang-tse
who was commenting on Laotse's
"Exalt not the wise
So that the people shall not scheme [win v lose]
and contend [in partisan debate];"

Wait, am I in the wro...
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Categories: chuang, anti bullying, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse

Little Girl

...Tres bien ma petite one.
Smile soft at the harsh sun,
Dance for your soul,
Détentre tu will see.
Yin to the clouds, 
Bend with the wind,
Chuang xi yi.
Smooth steps à écoute,
Shi xiong mind,
Laugh for...
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Categories: chuang, body, children,
Form: Light Verse

The Tao Broadened Horizons Contest

...“Cannot be named
Cannot be found,”
For in this effort--this person
Into non-Tao becomes wound.
The Tao was before time’s beginning.
The Tao is not found in complex systems,
But is revealed by l...
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Categories: chuang, philosophy
Form: Rhyme


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