The name of ‘that one’: or, ΧΑΙΡΩ = FELIX (or GAIVS)

 

 

First published as 'The Signs of Summer' in Summer Fireflies (2022) – a Wingless Dreamer anthology that has been available through

Amazon (the link to the listing is embedded in the image below) – this work arose from some creative self-translation of material

originally settled in Chinese.

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

The name of ‘that one’: or,

ΧΑΙΡΩ = FELIX (or GAIVS)

 
 Emisu

recount the objective historically,

recording the name and reputation –

ancient

(like a pseudonym) –

‘Justice’ and ‘Right’, ‘Perfect’, ‘the number of the beast’,

the ‘Peaceful Martial Art’ and ‘the Truth’.

 
 Really,

everywhere,

this character is the sign.

 
 Historically,

that one is known

as Ebisu.

 
 Contemporaries –

foreigners, barbarians and ancient tribes in eastern China alike –

reckoned repeatedly

that experience, excess, offense, travel, observation and clarity

(once, sporadically or repeatedly)

was the historical record.

 
 Names and descriptions –

including those associated with repute and fame –

gave birth to, raised, educated and governed this …

families, troops, poems, the utmost and complete

and the miscellaneous and irregular.

 
 ‘What’

is tiny and insignificant.

 
 To move, to be, to be allowed to marry, to be pregnant,

to raise children, to educate and to govern

may be reputable, famous or a sign.

 
 History is clear –

really,

discovering the secret

is ‘Happy’ or ‘Joyous’

(synonymous with the 23rd tetragram of Tàixuánjīng [‘Ease’]) …

which could have been expressed as FELIX, BEATVS, LAETVS, FAVSTVS or SECVNDVS in Latin

and ΧΑΙΡΩ in Ancient Greek.

 

 

 

This work also appears in Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring (2023) where it is published with specially designed illustrations

(the color variant accompanies the literary work and the grayscale variant is shown separately [both are displayed below]).

 

 

Aegypticum

Egyptian

Colored variant

  

Aegypticum

Egyptian

Grayscale variant

 

 

To purchase a copy of Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring (2023) through Amazon, click on the hyperlink embedded in the

image below.

 

 

 

To purchase a copy, click on the

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Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring is a coloring book

for adults with a twist. It presents timeless, relevant and

entertaining poetic commentaries with over 40 specially

designed illustrations prepared by the author using

text-to-image AI programs informed by the poetry.

 

Color variants of the designs appear with the poetry and

grayscale variants are shown separately. Intended to

provide an immersive and interactive meditative

experience, the collection will nourish the mind and

soul.

 

Beginner and advanced colorists alike will find the range

of illustrations satisfy, challenge and extend their skills –

and provide ample opportunity to reflect on the matters

explored in both the text and images.

 

The poetry shown includes a portion of the author’s works

that were first published in online and traditional print

anthologies and magazines including: POETiCA REViEW;

Impspired; New Note Poetry; The Antonym; Written Tales;

Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts; Wingless Dreamer

anthologies (My Glorious Quill, Garden of poets, Still, I rise,

Let’s begin again, Oxymorons and poets, Midsummer’s Eve,

War scars in my heart,  Mother, a title just above queen,

Ink the Universe, The Black Haven, Summer Fireflies,

Paranormal Whispers and Sea and Seashore); MindFull,

New World Writing; Red Door Magazine; A Poem A Day;

Mercury Retrograde; Family; and Soul.

 

 

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Last modified: 12/18/22