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I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching again lately. I find this writing perhaps the most succinct way to access our source of being…<\/p>\n

Tao Remains<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Tao
\nBefore I was borne
\nWell, as I live and breathe
\nAnd when I am only remains
\nTao remains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been reading the Tao Te Ching again lately. I find this writing perhaps the most succinct way to access our source of being… Tao Remains The Tao Before I was borne Well, as I live and breathe And when … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[292,30,320],"class_list":["post-9634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-inspiration","tag-spiritual","tag-tao"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Tao Remains | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Tao Remains, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Inspiration, Spiritual, Tao Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/27\/poem-tao-remains\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Top Pun\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: Tao Remains\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-27T12:54:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":50,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"keywords\":[\"Inspiration\",\"Spiritual\",\"Tao\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\",\"Political and Philosophical Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/27\\\/poem-tao-remains\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: Tao Remains | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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