torus6.gif (1371 bytes)

cctext.gif (2384 bytes)

Services Tips Theory WebPoems Workshops Books Articles Lisa Jonathan
   WebPoems

Lao Tse On the Nature of the Way

wpe2.gif (1114 bytes)

76

wpe3.gif (1112 bytes)
Waterlilies


Mt. Fuji

alive,
a man
is
soft
and
supple
dead,
he
grows
stiff
then
hard
alive,
trees
bend
in the rain
and
yield
dead,
they
dry out,
and
break
apart
whatever
is
stiff
and
hard
belongs
to the dead
whatever
is
soft
and
supple
belongs
to the living
a sword
that's
too hard
breaks
a tree
that's
too hard
gets cut down
the big
and
the strong
soon

fall
the weak
and
the yielding

somehow
survive
1 2

3

4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81

The Communication Circle: Services/Tips/Theory/WebPoems/Workshops/Books/Articles/Lisa/Jonathan
Copyright 1998-1999 Jonathan Price, The Communication Circle
Return to our site at http://www.theprices.com
JonPrice@AOL.com