Tao Te Ching 78

A poem in English verse 78

Carrie Graham
The Lark Publication

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Water, soft
Yet best at eroding hard
The weak outlast the strong
The pliant overcome the rigid

Most know
Few do

He who bears the state’s disgrace may rule
He who bears the country’s misfortune is its king

The correct way seems reversed.

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Carrie Graham
The Lark Publication

Left Coastie, Canadian-ish person. Writey-painty, artsy-webby. Arting at carriegraham.art; musicking at carrigraham.ca; devving at carriegraham.dev