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The Birthing of a Gift

Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)

Haiku
The Gift of Poets…
A dreamer’s living gold mine:
Imagination!

About this poem

You’ve often heard it said by those of yesteryear that Necessity is the Mother of Invention, but I declare unto you: “Imagination is the Mother of Invention.” Once the imagination is ripened, it’s fruit called invention, will most certainly unfold.

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Written on December 27, 2021

Submitted by karlcfolkes on December 27, 2021

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s ‘Liebe Mili’ (translated into English as “Dear Mili”), Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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  • Soulwriter
    Soulwriter
    Absolutely. What a gift a healthy mind is.
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