From Chaos to Continuity

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Epic poem following the revised numbering of the Analogos I Ching

Stanley Horner (2004)

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ufi... A-01
<Be.fore evree be.ginning
Thare aboundz a breath’less kwi.etude.
And boundlessness sustainz th void.
Thee unspeak’b’l noze not uv bodee, mind or hous or home;
Thee inf’n’t haz no vois or th’ot,
No way too express its cont’new’tee uv whot it-s not.>

ufi... A-02
<In ev’ree be.ginning th dust p’rvadez
Frum here too ev’reewhare in bl’rz;
Mu.tayshun waits out thee ee’nz be.fore it acs’dentlee st’rz.
Insignif’cant int’rupshun sparks inside a mom’nt and a plase;
Cayos gathrz slippage flawz
And starts a chain re.acshun with’out end or coz.>

ufi... A-03
<In th botumless p’rvayshun uv re.peat
Upon re.peat thare e.m’rjes time.
Th b’rth’ uv mem’ree finedz a past
Too cast a shado on th here and now.
Th b’rth uv promis and po.tensh'l
L’rks be.neath’ th strandz uv time
De.zire ling’rz in th nodez uv plase
And de.sepshun findz expreshun in a trase.>

ufi... A-04
<Mindless speaking speaks and speaks;
It thrivez upon its new-found vois.
Th b’rth uv th’ot takes flite, re.zoundz
In an eco that springz back, re.boundz.
Th stimy’less uv speech and th’ot
Give rize too simp’l dreamz uv far-off hope.
Expresshun floze and spillz itself across th spase
With’out th sli.t’st fear uv re.prize’l or disgrase.>

ufi... A-05
<Thee inn’r pa.rent fase’s fear and takes a stand
Frum ev’ree corn’r uv th new found land
Th spillingz that wuns so freelee fell like rain
Now must seek p’rmishun for fear thay eco back az pain.>

ufi... A-06
<Th spl’rj uv wi.ld’r dayz may hang its hed in dred
And acsept that wi.ld expreshun needz too play and stay at home.
A vois that iz allowd too sing or speak or sound
Must find its prop’r langwaje so its meaning can be found.>

ufi... A-07
<If th pres’dens uv sench'reez cannot be s'rpassd
Then th hope uv breaking threw iz far away.
Th Tro.jan hors az trickst’r off’rz hope;
Bilding credit threw th months iz th way too cope.>

ufi... A-08
<When th chalenj uv th real faintlee follz asleep.
De.sepshun gainz mo.mentum and speedz along its track.
Omnipo.tens drivez de.zire too th hi.est form uv hope,
But da.ng’r l’rkz in th shadowz like a noos hidez in a rope.>

ufi... A-09
<Az de.zireing boddeez feed thayr verbal minedz
So abstract lojic re.memb’rz well its ground.
Th rain sinks ‘rthlee deep and feedz th root’d seed;
Th sun lifts hi th le.fee w’rld, feeding its othr need.>

ufi... A-10
<Az tew speak’rz start too speak in tungz
Each wun discuv’rz whot it-s not.
Mistree dream givz b’rth’ too w’rdz;
Consepts need pro.nounsment too be h’rd.>

ufi... A-11
<Deep de.zire haz wish’s, needz, and wonts,
And seeks pure plezj’r on th spot;
Loftee sens’rz stand on gard and man th gates
Thay j’ree whot haz long-t’rm w’rth’ and oll els waits and waits.>

ufi... A-12
<Az day follz aft’r nite and nitefoll follo.z day,
He and she take t’rnz too sleep and stand on gard
Hoo starts th flo must olso let it go;
Hoo lets it go must olso start th flo.>

ufi... A-13
<Frum ‘rth too sky th wethr rize’s in its time,
Az such th ground uv ‘rth dis’pates in w’rth and follz be.hind.
Th grid work pat’rnz uv th starz increas th pro.to.col;
Until th loftee re.j’nz feel thayr loss and hear agen th ‘rthlee coll.>

ufi... A-14
<When thay’r-z strength’ in thee inn’r w’rld uv ‘erth-too-sky and sky-too-‘rth,
Adventu.r collz thayr entwined willz too strike an onw’rd path.
Th ‘rth-sky fuje’n that teach’z how too share
Now tests its redde.ness, forgo.ing sundree freedumz in ret’rn for care.>

ufi... A-15
<How farez thee inn’r vois uv ‘rth or sky with’ outw’rd speak that-s h’rd?
How farez thee utherz vois with’ thee inw’rd hope too hear?
Be.tween th wun hoo utt’rz out and th uthr wun hoo hearz with’in,
Thare hov’rz int’rfeer'ns in its endless wait, sh’d ennee vois be.gin.>

ufi... A-16
<Th random ret’ric that flow’rz be.tween o.ld vois’s near and far
Soon formz a patt’rn deep and f’rmz its rut upon th track.
Th train zipz time away and de.vourz th spase uv zonez;
Th carreed load uv meaning speaks uv deep sk’leet’l bonez.>

ufi... A-17
<Th dream’r feelz th soothing tuch uv mem’reez uv perfumez,
But sleep cumz crashing down when th war uv life cumz back.
Why cant thee act uv seeing <eye> to <eye> be seen az enlite’nment, insite?
Why must conflict’d dream’rz dig a hole intoo and threw th night?>

ufi... A-18
<Too step inside th beat uv mu.zic and forget oll outw’rd willz too pow’r
Iz too looz wunself inside a trans and flo inside a passing close-up dans.
Then stepping back and peering threw th telescopic, loftee vue
Leavz wun outside, aloof, alone, be.holding thee old inn’r dans az new.>

ufi... A-19
<Pano.ramic feeldz spred be.low; thay transend th far az near.
Th mem’ree uv lost a.ree’l vuez, lend a th’rd <eye> too our inn’r sky.
Exsitement  liftz and soarz too loftee hites th mezj’r uv a day
When thare-z a larj’r pickch’r in th hed too gide th passing de.tailz on th way.>

ufi... A-20
<Let us go forw’rd az wun for oll and oll for wun!
Let us sing too comune’l w’rth az we make our way.
A grooping holdz expanshun in its di.v’rse parts,
Az th memb’rz rallee forth’, each wun endz whare anuthr starts.>

ufi... A-21
<In th mo.mentum uv expe.re.ens take'n and re.vued
Cumz th promis uv a futech’r f’ll uv pathz that spire’l up th hill.
Th troop must meet in joyus expectayshun for th clime,
No.ing that be.hi.nd th mask uv comarad’ree ly dreamz sublime.>

ufi... A-22
<When pract’sd di.’log ridez smoothlee with’out a sadd’l or a brase
Th deep’r probez can bellee-up az paradox.
Th rool uv thum that seemd so mast’rd and in tune
Can t’rn its back and thro a munkee rench at th go.ld’n, silv’r spoon.>

ufi... A-23
<Th si.ens uv sistemic lawz and prins’p’lz uv controle
May bild th road too lead’rship and pave th way too tow’rz
But its th tuchstone uv a caract’r hoo iz ground’d in th land
That can t’rn th top-down danj’rz intoo grainz uv comm'n sand.>

ufi... A-24
<Th ret’ric uv conundrumz may not nail so f’rmlee down
Th shing’lz that face real stomz in th philos’fee uv gain
But th rith’m that de.codez re.c’rring mistree and th paradox uv time
Helps th poets’ w’rks on rooftops az thay play th metaforez uv time.>

ufi... A-25
<Oll that-s g’d and trew and bute’f’l can pro.pel th speer’ts’ shine on hi,
Asoomimg it can banish oll that-s bad, and fawls, and uglee too th ditch’s and th pits.
If g’d godz can hold thee upp’r hand and keep thee eev’l dev’lz distant and at bay
Imaj’n then that hard w’rk harb’rz sweetness, plezj’r, and th joyz uv manifest’d play.>

ufi... A-26
<Pare.ents, children, siblingz, bruthrz, sist’rz, husbandz, wives,
Fothrz, muthrz, suns, and, dot’rz, ove’rstep step-v’rj'nz uv them oll.
In toogethrness, memb’rz mark a complex int’rtwine that grounds th here and now;
In sep'rutn's, each memb’r car\reez forth’ th valuez de.noteing hoo and how.>

ufi... A-27
<Thare cumz a time when th use uv langwage and its tecknics flow’r az one;
Thay entwine, and man’fest new rithumz inside th waves uv time.
When th sincro.nis’tee uv multee-mo.ments co.ahless
Expect too moov hole mount’nz, but be wornd agenst th danj’rz uv exsess.>

ufi... A-28
<Az ridez th flo uv en’rjee,so re.leas’s dest’nee its singy’l’r champe.on star
Hoo catch’s dreamz uv bett’r w’rldz and a bett’r meanz too forword go.
Thare follo.z then perswayshun plots and de.zine’r planz for a w’rld that-s new and chanejd;
But thare follo.z too, on thee uthr side,deep fearz uv a past that-s torn, de.ranejd.>

ufi... A-29
<When th stalemate hits th fan uv progress in th fase,
A conflict noze not its limits or its boundz.
Thee ans’r may ly in f’ll re.gresh’n too th inf’n't ground,
Whare hopef’l dream’rz may find new wayz too un-dub’l evree bind.>

ufi... A-30
<Re.greshun failz too open up o.ld dorez uv un-re.zolv
When re.c’rring conflicts slip in plase with’ each re.t’rn.
Thee ans’r may ly in th scatt’ring uv th data back too scratch;
Wishf’l chanej’rz may fined that new arranejments ar more kind

ufi... A-31
<Th dub’l bind uv stalemates blocks and stops an acshun in its tracks;
Both doo and dont re.acshunz seem doomd too dy.
Thay raze on hi th fear uv batt’l cry!
When tharez no easee way too pass th buck, fethrz fly.>

ufi... A-32
<Catch-twentee-tewz can stop attrackshun-ackshun in th w’rld;
Both doo and dont re.acshunz seem forev’r doomd too fail.
Thay retro.act th j’rnee and pre.dict th fate uv loss.
Grate i.de.ahz seldum pass, at f’rst, th test for roleing stonez de.void uv moss.>

ufi... A-33
<Th grid w’rk w’rks its charm
And holdz th roze uv solj’rz in thayr plase.
But when th maj’r failz too show,
Th purest form uv cayos rize’s up too humblee meet th fo.>

ufi... A-34
<Grateness standz in far-off, forren landz
And hope lize und’rground.
It-s time too cre.ate an inn’r form,
So th will too pow’r can dream be.yond th norm.>

ufi... A-35
<Th smoll pond yeeldz its evree welth
And th smollness groze increasinglee miniscule.
It-s time too trav’l out be.yond—
Too bring new wat’rwayz intoo th mem’ree uv th fave’rit pond.>

ufi... A-36
<Trav’l tests th homeing need too rest,
Endless mooving intoo new un-none landz
Bilding focus helps th ‘rj too sett’l down,
Too lite home firez and re.af’rm th childh’d ground.>

ufi... A-37
<Settling down and lifting up stone waits,
Re.mi.ndz wun that whot rize’s olso follz.
Sustain de.t’rminayshun aft’r passing loss’s
For assending stonez can olso gathr moss’s.>

ufi... A-38
<Hope may be a promis in a lite that-s far away;
But that same hope may well be lost and swollo.d up.
With’ th t’rning sidewayz uv th hed,
Be.ware uv prittee de.coyz that ar plant’d too bring dred.>

ufi... A-39
<Hope may be a promis in th drive for famlee life,
At th feast and in th joy uv shareing this and that.
In th futech’r, az it readz th past,
In th tribe-uv-evreewun, thare livz an en’rjee that bildz too last.>

ufi... A-40
<Hope may be a promis inside each dayz’ exchanej;
Each wun f’llfilz th wun-to wun re.play uv yest’rday.
Ritue’l binedz mo.mentum with’ a dream uv life sustaind;
In th wot’r uv th well uv life iz th commune’tee re.taind.>

ufi... A-41
<"Raycool’yay poor m.yew so.tay" (French: Back up to go ahead.)
When th rithum uv th time follz out uv sinc,
Parts ar perfect when alone, be.fore thay start agen;
This time let th moss stick s’c.y’rlee too th stone.>

ufi... A-42
<Th sens’s speak thayr ba.sic mi.nd;
Th mi.nd speaks in its well-woren langwaje mode.
When th sens’s ar embedd’d in th mi.nd
Expect th depthz and hites too fuze in ki.nd.>

ufi... A-43
<Expect de.sepshun, sim.y’lacrah, and th fawls
Too ly in wait at evree t’rning point along th road.
Expect az well too see th tricks collaps and fail
Az passe’rz-by ar well pre.pared too foil each trick in more de.tail.>

ufi... A-44
<A new construct pro.videz an ov’rvue—
An aneshunt ground that und’r standz.
Cum thay toogethr in th same de.sij’n,
Expect too start anew inside a dreamz’ pre.sij’n.>

ufi... A-45
<Th hor’zont’l plan uv acshun
Keeps th mass’s on ahlert.
But when new lead’rz ov’rtake,
Expect new chanej’z on th make.>

ufi... A-46
<Speaking f’rst in thee inn’r w’rld;
W’rk threw too thee uthrz’ hope.
Save th day when th w’rdz ar out’d
And th path uv h’rtf’l res’due-s re.rout’d.>

ufi... A-47
<For evree Wun thare iz an Uthr
And for evree Uthr, anuthr Wun.
For evree left thare iz a rite;
A b’rd with’out tew wingz noze not uv flite.>

ufi... A-48
<De.zire can ov’rride th mi.nd
Az th mi.nd can skwelsh de.zire,
When th tew ar in cahhoots,
Th fu.ch’r woks ahed in silv’ree boots.>

ufi... A-49
<Th Yin and Yang each hold a role
Az th skin and pulp make up an or’nj.
With’out th skin th joos drize up;
Skin with’out its joos iz an emtee cup.>

ufi... A-50
<When th skin uv an or’nj iz bro.k’n
Th froot can be de.z’rt’d and left too rot.
Th wun that containz
Empow’rz th utherz’ re.mainz.>

ufi... A-51
<Th strugg’l for fame haz its foll-out;
Side e.ffects can mushroom in th dark.
Hooev’r may on’r th winn’r
May insist on re.wordz at th dinn’r.>

ufi... A-52
<Thare iz safetee in garn’ring numb’rz
And numb’rz can count when in need.
Wun can tok too wunzself for a cup’l uv dayz
But new blud in th mix will amaze.>

ufi... A-53
<Far away frum th ‘rban crowd
Thee ord’r uv thingz feelz at home.
Th smell uv th ‘rth and th feel uv th air
Can sat.y’rate freedum with’ th gra.t'st uv care.>

ufi... A-54
<Too see throo a vue that sits up frunt,
Iz too hear inn’r vois’s that speak no sound.
Too be in tuch with’ th out-uv-reach—
Thare-z a muze too inspire, and wunz’ self too teach.>

ufi... A-55
<In th flo uv transendent w'rtheeness
Lize a lite f’ll uv mistic’l dreamz.
In th yearz uv n’rch’ring luv,
Thayr ringz an expans frum be.lo and abuv.>

ufi... A-56
<Yearz uv this and that may culm’nate;
And strugg’lz hide be.hind sucsess.
A glide’r ‘rnz its rite too soar unh’rd;
Grateness basks in the praizing w’rd.>

ufi... A-57
<Wait in th wingz uv shado-land—
On a plahto with’out ennee rize.
Hoo c’d think ahhed or back
Or re.memb’r th mount’nz uv loss or lack?>

ufi... A-58
<Out uv darkness in a tunn’lz’ depthz
Cumz a lite awaiting a luvz’ return.
Aloneness in th march uv life
Collz forth’ frendz hoo can de.rail strife.>

ufi... A-59
<In darkness radee.ens shinez afar;
En’rjee floze frum thayr too here.
Toogethrness livz in th struckch’r uv pow’r;
En’rjee floze up and down in th tow’r.>

ufi... A-60
<Out uv eff’rt wun arrivez at th loftee top;
Culminayshun iz a wund’r too be.hold and adore.
F’lfillment spredz gloree near and far;
It-s a time too re.lax and not too star.>

ufi... A-61
<Th task iz well complete’d
And th need too strugg’l iz passing away.
Expect new fors’s too try too take o.v’r—
Unless pre.venshun keeps chanej und’r c'v’r.>

ufi... A-62
<When a lifes’ w’rk iz dun
Wun iz proud too be free.
Expect new illooj’nz too take thayr t’rn,
S’lecting o.ld bridj’s and makeing them b’rn.>

ufi... A-63
<It-s time too re.memb’r th gon-by dayz
And re.flect on th timez f’lly spent.
Th compleeshun uv an epic bringz fame;
Enjoy th last dayz with’out blame.>

ufi... A-64
<Th tri.umf uv dest’nee
Lize not in re.gaining what-s lost.
In thee end it-s th loss that-s a gain;
If thee abiss can hold joy ov’r pain.>

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