Short Tao Poems
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Let us dance
to the matrix
of Tao Teh Ching
with love unbounded
may we spend
our eternities
forever grounded
always together
2 souls,
1 entity
all Heart
we are here
tame the mind
let love appear
bliss thunder undefined
animates our soul
now divine aligned
truth our goal
obliterating every fear
presence feels whole
Sages sadly sing
LeftBrain dominant songs
of resonant resistance
to crown-caste uppity dispassion
While Muses gladly design
RightBrain prominent dances
for resilient persistence
in root-caste deep compassion.
Art follows ecology
of inductive diametrical synergy
As science leads logos
through deductive dialectical simplicity
As religious culture accompanies mythos
seducing ancient dialogues
in amusing sage symmetry
The state of flow, eternal Tao
Dance in the ephemeral now
A Bound mind will not allow
A Joyous downward plow
Soft snow, honored thou
Its own meaning endow
Feet atop sacred bough
Snow cut by skis’ prow
Let me show you how
4/5/16
("Peyote Moon", 2018, original encaustic)
The Great Toad
At the gateless gate
I met the Great Toad
Sitting tall and wide
And in his gaze
All my needs were known
And met
And in that moment
I passed beyond
Without a trace
(8/17/25)
Iconically perceived bipolarities,
like receptive nuts round assertive bolts,
are all so orthodoxically well
Yet not nearly as paradoxically swell
as ironically received dipolarities,
like liberated convex pleasure poles
consummating concave passion holes.
TAO
Tao
To Flagstaff
Jesus
moneyless
homeless
hateless
how can I really hate you
if I am numb and there are icicles
in me
how can I really hate you
as much as you deserve particles
of dust
motes smoteing freely forming
in all of the city
dirty city
Love gone
Jesus
TAO
Charles Hice
Copyright ©2006 Charles Hice
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Sandalwood incense
Tibetan prayer wheel tuning
Bonzai tree smiling
~~~
June 20, 2020
9:30pm PST
Poem # 1,259
In macroeconomic wealth
we express mutual namaste
for robust ecotherapeutic global climate resilience
co-arising
microeconomic bio-ego-logical WinWin cooperative
health-care resonance
Restoring macro-global cooperative wealth
without retributive individual micro-egological loss
of resiliently wealthy Yang/Yin
bilaterally co-intelligent
eco/neuro-logical resonant health.
Did I plant bamboo for the green?
Did I plant bamboo for the white?
When snow suggests that it
lean,
it's tippy-tops aren't at heavenward height
but, rather curled and frozen
somewhere between
the snow-clouds and snowdrifts.
These icicly moments of serene
are not only moments but rites;
snow-gifts.
So, green or white
white or green
it's bendy Kung Fu
serenes this milieu.
Love cannot be bought
Peace cannot be commanded
Silence is the key -
When actions or the lack of
Speak out with silent wisdom
When man understands
All life has an equal part
Has a primal share
Then with unselfish ardor
Goes about his chosen work
Always outpouring
Never commanding silent
Not seeking greatness
Greatness lay in humbleness
A man's deeds speak for themselves
Suchness in a flower
Suchness in a dog
Suchness in a baby’s eye
Suchness in a slice of apple pie!
Within, beneath, beyond
The true nature of reality,
The essential ta of all dharma,
What is there excluded?
How can there be anything
More or less than simply what is?
How can the all inclusive
Ever be improved upon?
Ever present
Never changing
Suchness
Simply is
(12/25/25)
Tao of the CosmicCrack
crotched between
Great White Father's
monotheistic Pole
and silently suppressed
polycultural BlackHole
Now ecocidally remembering
what EarthGoddess has brought together
no straight white privileged patrimony
could healthily
or safely part
Like baptismal waters
of RedBlue blooded Seas
and weaponized seasons
of penetrating drought,
wrenching reasons
for dicked-down drenching doubt.
Pebbles
Thoughts are merely pebbles
Being gently washed by a passing stream.
You are the stream.
Thoughts are merely pebbles on a beach
Being gently rounded by crashing waves.
You are the waves.
Thoughts are merely pebbles in the sand.
Being gently worn by the passing wind.
You are the wind
My words can escape on.
Words are merely thoughts
Being gently read by a passing eye.
Yours are the eyes
That can read my thoughts.
Simple pleasures
Like all the rest
Will come and go
But without stress
Since they simply
Fade in due course
Without grasping
Can hold no force
To keep us bound
In habits strong
With mind confused
By right or wrong
For what has been
Or soon may be
Just falling leaves
From every tree
Since easy come
And easy go
This easy wind
Our troubles blow
To bring us here
And leave us now
This sacred space
Of nameless Tao
(11/14/25)
Meet the friendly capybara
Rodent large without a care, a
Chill companion, friend to all, for
Clearing any gloomy pall
Sitting still or hanging out, with
Capybara social clout, a
Being present in the now, who
Effortlessly lives the Tao
Showing up and just to be, in
Any opportunity, a
Doing by no action seen, this
Caviidae is deftly keen
Always ready to relate, to
One who’s discombobulate, a
Silent empathy it shares, our
Wordless friend who capybares
Twin flames try to outdo
each other's fiery aggression;
there is a black flame,
and a white flame.
They existed long before stars
began to twinkle.
The white flame is calm, patient,
honest, kind.....and many other
traits of mindfulness.
The dark flame is harsh, aggressive,
impatient, ill-intended....and many
other evil traits.
Until now,
the twin flames still try
to outdo each other's
fiery strength....
Published On: 2/3/2016
Birth Date: 2/3/1985
Any soulful song
of slow grown Earth
must incarnate roundly replicating
softly supplicating
deftly duplicating
flawlessly fornicating
religiously regenerating
Wealthy win/win climatic waves
of healthy EarthTribe
FatherSun/EarthMother
mountain/valley
pole/hole
convex/concave
Well sung and wellness danced
enlightening/empowering
political/ecological raves.
Soulfully singing
left/right bicameral winging
slow dancing scribes
recircling EarthTribe sacred praise.
amid mysteries by which surrounds
nothing is certain but presence
infinitesimal eternalising
energy revolves in space
spirit defines needs
we surrender
living arks
no secret
who
we
are
tao de ching
presence has no form no masks
Cover to cover
Lover to lover
Right and wrong
Sing or song
Friend or foe
High or low
Stay or go
Care or show
Yes or no
Him or her
Clear or blur
Certain or not sure
Corrupted or pure
Black or white
Withdraw or fight
Darkness or light
Wrong or right
Seeing or sight
Day or night
With all my might
With times in play
I slay all in a day
With my sword and word style
Vision taught Tzu student
dealer
Spirit in control steady
As you can read
For a few years I've been ready
Umiiyak ang mga ibon,
pumapatak na naman ang ulan.
Mayroon pa bang pag-asa ang sangkatauhan,
sabihin mo, mayroon pa ba?
Maraming tao ang nagugutom,
oh, kay lungkot ng mga kaluluwa.
Pumatay ng kapwa tao ba ay kailangan
upang tayo ay mabuhay?
Isa lang ang ating buhay,
iisa lang ang ating hanggan.
Kapayapaan sa mundo’y ating hanapin,
makakamtan kung gustuhin.
Isa lang ang ating buhay,
iisa lang ang ating hanggan.
Kapayapaan sa mundo’y ating hanapin,
makakamtan kung gustuhin.
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