My Doe-Doe Sweetheart
To my Dao De Pu,
God brought you into my life,
My “Doe-Doe” sweetheart.
On this your birthday,
The sixth of February,
God bless you, dearest.
Twenty Twenty Five,
We celebrate together,
Our years of marriage.
Soon sixty three years.
It seems not so long ago.
That is what love is.
May, the Twenty Nine,
The two of us tied the knot,
Not so long ago.
Nineteen Sixty Two.
While in Washington, D.C.
A short time ago.
So happy birthday .
You are the love of my life.
My “Doe Doe” sweetheart.
To my Dao De Pu,
Got brought you into my life,
My “Doe Doe” sweetheart.
About this poem
Ode to My Better Half: “East is East and West is West; and yet the twain shall marry for the best.” In 1959, while a foreign student at Howard University in Washington, D.C., I met and fell in love with a Burmese-Karen fellow foreign student named Florence Pu with the given pet name of Doe-Doe (“Dao-De”), literally the manifested “DAO.” In 1962, I married “Doe-Doe.” Ever since, I remain perpetually with my my Florence Pu, with my Doe-Doe, with my Dao-De Pu, in enduring love, friendship and marriage, united as One. Interestingly, by grace of synchronicity, Florence Pu bears the maiden surname of “Pu” which, in the Chinese language means “unworked wood; inherent quality; simple,” an earliest Daoist metaphor for the natural state of humanity which Florence epitomizes with her humanitarian spirit. This 5-7-5 three-line syllabic meter Katuata poem is dedicated to our enduring fellowship and union. more »
Written on February 25, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 25, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on February 06, 2025
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | Abc dxx xxx xex xxe aee dbC AbC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 576 |
| Words | 137 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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