Our Inherent Uniqueness
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Each of us is a piece of time;
measured out to all eternity.
And no piece;
no matter the cut or slice,
is any larger or smaller in its entirety
than the whole;
whereof it constitutes the sum.
About this poem
This seven-line aphoristic poem was composed in 1981 as part of a gem of composed proverbial sayings and placed in a tiny booklet made of cork donated to me by an Italian educator, literary critic, philanthropist and poet from Latina, Italy. May it remind us that each of us is a centerpiece in God’s universe.
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Written on October 04, 1981
Submitted by karlcfolkes on October 06, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on October 06, 2023
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| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
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