Asian Poetry - China and Babies and Winnie the Pooh

I've been considering about some thing to do,
I've been considering about
Mao Tse-Tung and Lao-Tzu;

breathing deep, whispering breeze,
wind blowing softly underneath wandering feet,
a horse that is galloping at fullest of speeds;

attempting to concentrate all my intent,
life's mysterious
windy, twisting, turning sharp bends;

I've been pondering about a sunset
with no starting or end;
butterflies flying inside of a dream-
did I dream the butterfly or did he dream of me?

I've been considering about some thing to do,
just considering,
like a meandering stream,

tranquility's waters,
swaying, brown, gentle trees, mistiest mountains,
blue-gray harmonious green;

I've been considering all day of Winnie the Pooh,
what does it mean the path of Kung Fu, a sensible owl
and Lao-Tzu as well,

5 pecks of rice elixirs of life,
Dragon and Tiger mountains
and 4 or 5 books of life;

I've been considering about the Tao and Te Ching,
about a silent song
not to sing,
and too about the mother of ten thousand issues;

I've been considering about babies and Buddhas
and a thing to do,
but anytime I start
I never even start out to get by means of,
I've been pondering all day
of Winnie the Pooh,

considering of filling
the cup up previous the brim, I've been pondering about
a sunrise with no starting or end;

I've been considering of a letter
I'd rather not send, of retiring when
the perform comes to an end

I've been concentrating as challenging as I could
to consider of nothing at all
all through the twilight
absolutely nothing at all
is what I intend
walking silently
with my a single pal;

I've been sitting right here
silently under a tree,
awaiting a vision
I'd hoped may well come to be;

I've been considering of yes-
at the very same time considering of no,
I've been pondering about a spot
I may well possibly don't go;

A hundred flowers blooming simultaneously,
a hundred schools teach
contending to be,
a mysterious song
of harmony;

a dulcimer player
playing his fingers and strings
passionately,
in a subway station in New York City;

a bus riding to the top rated and winding its way
via Newark's twisting streets
of unsafe turns
at the end of the day,

in the path of the bus's middlest alleyway,
persons standing
and sweating,
counting the days;

pondering about a road and way via a path,
I've been considering about
harmony's orderly,
musical, virtuous craft;

I've been seeking at every thing
in ideal location,
and of 5 thousand words
and a buffalo's back, a buffalo's face;

I've been considering all day
of some thing to do,
of Buddha and babies and Winnie the Pooh
of all life's reflections
in harmony,
of the gentlest breeze
that may well touch
the gentlest leaf.

China and Babies and Winnie the Pooh This story incorporates the components of Chinese religion and philosophies, and is too drawn from the suggestions presented in the book The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff (Penguin, 1982), which documents the striking parallels in between the Chinese religion of Taoism and the story of Winnie the Pooh. The characters of Winnie the Pooh and their rhetoric parallel closely the cadence and tone of the holy writings of Taoism. Winnie the Pooh was released as a book in 1926, but appears to were really written towards the end of WWI by A.A. Milne. The book was illustrated by an associate, Ernest A. Shepherd, who worked with Milne on a satirical political newspaper prior to WWI. The characters appear a lot the identical as with what we are familiar, from the kids's film created in 1966 by Disney (who purchased the rights to Winnie the Pooh from Milne's widow). There had been a total of 4 Pooh books in the series that have been initially written.

Dawn of a New Discovery: Inspiring Globe Poems Edited by John Scott with Jane Statlander, Ph.D., Miami Dade School

This is a little collection of poems, original and from a number of sources, that is hoped to inspire interest in writing and reading poetry. The poetry presents a kaleidoscope of concepts regarding lands, spirituality, young children and youths, oppression and violence, school life and struggles, too as painting a image of hope.

Planet Poetry

Dawn of a New Discovery. 384 pages. Paperback. Over 20 poets represented, previous and present.