Ron Louie

Ron Louie writes in Seattle. His poems have appeared in Philosophy and Literature, Cathexis NW, Maya's Micros, Neurology, JAMA and Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC).

Author's Note:

"Time Frog Continuum,"as published by Origami Poems, may be five-dimensional exercise. If the author has a discernible point, that might be the first dimension. If you, dear Reader, can print it out on a single page of paper, that would approximate two dimensions. Once the paper is folded, it becomes three-dimensional. The printing and folding will be fairly quick, but will take some fraction of time. Many consider time the fourth dimension. Then you again, Reader, experiencing the whole thing with your own individualistic talent and interpretation, would be the fifth dimension! Enjoy!

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► Ron's microchap is available below. Download the single-page PDF by clicking the title & saving to your pc. Set your printer for 'landscape' printing. Folding instructions are under the Who We Are menu tab.

Origami Microchap

Time Frog Continuum

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Ron Louie BioCVR Time Frog Continuum 2022 June

Cover photos by Ron Louie

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The ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water.

(Matsuo Basho, translated
by Donald Keene)

Haiku, ancient, here,
now, across geography,
languages and time.

Ageless pond: the frog,
as destiny compels, jumps,
ceasing the silence.

Frog old pond ancient
one panoramic vision
noisily disturbed.

Old frog blinks, but now
listening, longing, lowing,
slow then staccato.

Again now silent
a time frog continuum
forever present.

Old pond ancient frog
flickering fleeting feckless
almost always now.

Aged ancient frog
non-existence excluded,
soundless, momentless.

Old fog ancient bog
conspiratorial frog
extinguishing time.

Back cover for Ron Louie page

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