The DAO of Fixity and Movement
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Fixity and movement
are akin to time and space;
energy kinetic and potential.
Now resting, now acting,
The coupling of time and space,
in infinite pose of dancing.
Yin-yang motion of energy,
in rhythmic cyclic dancing;
DAO coupling of opposites.
Life courting death,
the chrysalis of resurrection;
of all matter in transformation.
All is DAO in motion.
Motions of transformation
through prisms of time and space.
Change of all matter is the key.
Change is transformation.
Change is the alchemy of nature.
Change is always stationary.
It’s station is that of change itself.
That is its DAO status.
Matter contracting, expanding,
combustible, noncombustible;
alert and dormant; in one fell swoop.
Movement and fixity
constitute the cycle of life;
time and space in tandem.
Fixity and movement
are akin to time and space;
energy kinetic and potential.
About this poem
Fixity and movement exemplify the DAO alchemy of time and space, as both transitory and stationary, inert and active, exhibiting the dynamism of energy that is both kinetic and potential.
Written on August 06, 1982
Submitted by karlcfolkes on April 23, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on April 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABC dbd edx xff ffb efx exx dcx axx ABC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 863 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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