UNCARVED block

Pearcemelville 兎敏

Uncarved       Block
By   Pearcemelville

Blizzard frozen Ice 
An Uncarved Block
Wind Howls a Cold 
UnRelentling Force
Shards Sharp Hard 
  PittingSlicingHole 
    Trough Widening
 lengthens onethen 
    twoMore aScore   
Cuttingscrapingin
StripDeepdeep
Evening this began 
An UnCarved Block

Blizzard
Frozen Ice 
An Uncarved Block
Night
Snow now crystal Flakes 
Falling here
Floating There
Soothing Blizzard Scars
Dawn  Dew 
Morning
Now The
Carved
Block

  • Author: Pearcemelville 卯升 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 27th, 2022 05:16
  • Comment from author about the poem: Daoist uncarved block untouched pure
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • Bella Shepard

    Being unfamiliar with Daoist philosophy I looked it up. The uncarved block is played upon by life, may suffer scars but can be soothed in the end. I love the symbolism and wonderful message of the piece. Not sure if I got it right , but I loved reading it.

    • Pearcemelville 兎敏

      Thank you Bella
      1st verse is typeset to change
      form as wind, rain and ice scrape
      and gouge. In these lines letters
      are reduced, attempting to convey
      the etching of the surface.
      I have just enhanced these visual props.

      The Uncarved block represents both animate and abstract concepts from the spirit to ideology, society and civilization. In the Tao of Pooh by Benjam Hoff, Pooh is likened to the block but Hoff then suggests that Pooh Bear is too simple to bear comparison.

      A delightful play is that The Uncarved Block is 樸 Pu



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