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"magnanimity" poems
The magnanimity of your soul And the warmth of your smile Kindness in your actions Willingness to help others With the hands of love Anoint the wounds with care Speak the words that heal And you gain happiness By spreading as much kindness Life shall have meaning Worth something to live with
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 7:39 AM UTC
Kindness that Heals
You were wailing like a wounded puppy Your voice was craving for love and sympathy It appealed to my dormant magnanimity And thus for you I opened my heart’s door Least did I know you were an ugly ***** I stood beside you at your one call Your tantrums, your malice I bore ‘em all. To make you smile daily became my life’s goal But you were so thankless it shook me to the core I should have known earlier, you were an ugly ***** Though my knowledge about love was low Yet at times I wondered if you really know so much definitions of it and the metaphors bestowed then why did your breakup happen once before perhaps because he too knew, you were an ugly ***** What I thought was your love with glee Was actually an act of backstabbing me. You betrayed in the first chance given to thee Now I shall give you chances no more Because now I know that you are an ugly *****
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Jan 3, 2015
Jan 3, 2015 at 12:19 PM UTC
BECAUSE YOU ARE AN UGLY *****
He's broken, he's in pieces, he's trapped, in a black hole He's crying, he's heartbroken, he's dying of loneliness He's confused, his mind is overloaded, his todger is dropping off He's this and that and that and this projecting your ******* fears and insecurities on him Hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha You know what....He's NOT....he's laughing at you He's happy that you now realize there are still men out there who transcend your ******* stereotyping and imbecilic assumptions . He's still laughing because he now sees for ******* real how immature and mentally underdeveloped a lot of you are and how so petty, mediocre and easy to manipulate you are Not to mention how weak, spineless and unable to handle pressure so many of you are. He laughing because you just act without fully thinking You are a shallow lot, cowardly, infantile and narrow minded You lack sound reasoning capacity and a lot of you are neurotic He's laughing because most believe anything they are told Unquestioning drones like a Labrador thrown a stick Go fetch, off he runs, retrieve stick, pat on the head, good boy Just simple minded followers. He laughing because he's attained all he wanted Got a good education, good self understanding, good morality sensitivity, compassion, empathy, confidence and honesty A well drilled man, adaptable, flexible, courageous and brave A MODERN DAY SPARTAN. He's laughing because you can't ******* take that away He's laughing because he's shown you how a proper man is He's laughing because he's invalidated your stereotypical assumptions, your prejudices, your bigotry and your ignorance He's laughing because you have confirmed your inferiority exposed your fears and inadequacies and make others see how damaged and vindictive you are He's laughing because out of all only one woman has shown magnanimity and she didn't belong to the class of the mediocres Which proves the point that mediocrity goes hand in hand with ignorance, fear and lack of Dignity and Integrity. And he's laughing because he's got chutzpah a big package and a hell of "tener cojones" hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha [email protected] Sept 2018,Allrightsreserved.
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Sep 7, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 at 9:54 AM UTC
Broken Tungsten Space Traveller.....
He's broken, he's in pieces, he's trapped, in a black hole He's crying, he's heartbroken, he's dying of loneliness He's confused, his mind is overloaded, his todger is dropping off He's this and that and that and this projecting your ******* fears and insecurities on him Hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha You know what....He's NOT....he's laughing at you He's happy that you now realize there are still men out there who transcend your ******* stereotyping and imbecilic assumptions . He's still laughing because he now sees for ******* real how immature and mentally underdeveloped a lot of you are and how so petty, mediocre and easy to manipulate you are Not to mention how weak, spineless and unable to handle pressure so many of you are. He laughing because you just act without fully thinking You are a shallow lot, cowardly, infantile and narrow minded You lack sound reasoning capacity and a lot of you are neurotic He's laughing because most believe anything they are told Unquestioning drones like a Labrador thrown a stick Go fetch, off he runs, retrieve stick, pat on the head, good boy Just simple minded followers. He laughing because he's attained all he wanted Got a good education, good self understanding, good morality sensitivity, compassion, empathy, confidence and honesty A well drilled man, adaptable, flexible, courageous and brave A MODERN DAY SPARTAN. He's laughing because you can't ******* take that away He's laughing because he's shown you how a proper man is He's laughing because he's invalidated your stereotypical assumptions, your prejudices, your bigotry and your ignorance He's laughing because you have confirmed your inferiority exposed your fears and inadequacies and make others see how damaged and vindictive you are He's laughing because out of all only one woman has shown magnanimity and she didn't belong to the class of the mediocres Which proves the point that mediocrity goes hand in hand with ignorance, fear and lack of Dignity and Integrity. And he's laughing because he's got chutzpah a big package and a hell of "tener cojones" hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...hahaha [email protected] Sept 2018,Allrightsreserved.
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Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and **** and hand and ******* holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy! The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy! Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cas- sady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy the hideous human angels! Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the ***** of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums! Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebell- ion! Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow Holy Istanbul! Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucina- tions holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the abyss! Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! bodies! suffering! magnanimity! Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul! Berkeley 1955
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Footnote To Howl
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The tongue and **** and hand and ******* holy! Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy! The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy! Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cas- sady holy the unknown buggered and suffering beggars holy the hideous human angels! Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the ***** of the grandfathers of Kansas! Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana hipsters peace & junk & drums! Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebell- ion! Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles! Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria & Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow Holy Istanbul! Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch! Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucina- tions holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the abyss! Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours! bodies! suffering! magnanimity! Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul! Berkeley 1955
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* *O dear hater! do u matter? of course not! but thanks a lot for letting me know that people have right to reject i am still not perfect, and for equipping my mind with neutrality! my heart with equanimity! my soul with magnanimity! my life with acceptability! for the black and the white the wrong and the right oh i think you matter love you my hater! yes you matter!* *
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Aug 19, 2018
Aug 19, 2018 at 2:07 AM UTC
Love you my hater!
The way we cry, and if our cryings be heard, the way they are attended to will set the walk. The way we are treated as toddlers, the way punishment may be meted out, will further the course. Kind- nesses, magnanimity of spirit, love--all will determine not only the paths we are led down, but also the paths we shall set for ourselves and travel ourselves-- pathos, bathos, ethos--until death deals an end to our earthly peregrinations. These spoors--the lives, the lanes, the passages we shall be traveling--will tell us, and others, about who we are, and were, and if we were befriended ever by others, and by ourselves. TOD HOWARD HAWKS
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Jun 15, 2019
Jun 15, 2019 at 2:50 PM UTC
AND IF OUR CRYINGS BE HEARD
A patriotic fervor producing fealty A noble cause compelling loyalty Paired with a callous indignity Brash enlistee plunges toward destiny Honor's badge worn with impunity Duty's moniker embossed with magnanimity Insatiable bloodlust quelshing all insecurity Unbridled ego clamoring a garrulous enmity Toward the villains who shattered blithe serenity First skirmish, pageantry displaced by gravity Mettle varnished with aura of invincibility First battle, fallen comrades question mortality Successive battles, severed limbs, caustic wounds challenge credulity Fragile mind being conditioned to atrocity War's heavy mantle now shorn of indemnity Threatening mind's sanity, hearth's perpetuity Once faceless foes now scream their humanity Once noble leaders brim with insincerity Supportive countrymen now fickle, distant entity Cheering press now rank with duplicity Only solace, hardened comrades equanimity
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Jul 25, 2012
Jul 25, 2012 at 6:03 PM UTC
Civil War Soldier's Mantra
lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs/ noun magnanimity, *generosity, liberality, munificence, bountifulness, beneficence, altruism, charity, kindness, lavishness, unselfishness* pretium est princeps unde redderent, quia munera(1) τραγική, η τιμή Σας έκανε να πληρώσετε για αυτό tragikí̱ , i̱ timí̱ Sas ékane na pli̱ró̱sete gia af̱tó(2) nu ligga död botten av gropen(3) nocht, ach le haghaidh an salachar Chaith mé a chuirtear air(4) Take your largesse and squeeze it where the sun never sees(5) We all laid down just as well The master cut the puppet strings and we all                         just                                         fell....
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Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 at 5:51 AM UTC
Master of Largesse
He saw a beautiful world. He saw the world’s grace. Saw the world’s seemingly infinite majesties, the magnificent magnanimity of it all. He saw the smile of people, the perfect pigment of plants He experienced a beautiful world. Yet he was unsatisfied with what he saw. Unsatisfied with the beautiful world he had. He looked past the beauties, the elegance, and the gems And focused on the ephemeral troubles that polluted his lens. He couldn't handle the new deformities of the world he once saw He couldn't handle himself at all. Finger to the trigger and trigger to the gun at once he knew he would regret. Gun to the bullet and bullet to the brain. at once he knew this was kismet. He hid himself under the sullen pall Entangled himself in the chaparral For him there was no escape. For he was doomed for fate. If only he had opened his eyes And realized. He was satisfied.
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Feb 7, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 at 2:51 AM UTC
Beautiful World
Who will remember us, or is it not infinitely more important that we come to know our real selves? Statues, whether marble or steel, will whither away in time or be pulled down by those who come to see misdeed from magnanimity. In Cosmos, only the real self is everlasting. TOD HOWARD HAWKS
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Apr 29, 2023
Apr 29, 2023 at 1:20 AM UTC
WHO WILL REMEMBER US?
HERE at right of the entrance this bronze head, Human, superhuman, a bird's round eye, Everything else withered and mummy-dead. What great tomb-haunter sweeps the distant sky (Something may linger there though all else die;) And finds there nothing to make its tetror less Hysterica passio of its own emptiness? No dark tomb-haunter once; her form all full As though with magnanimity of light, Yet a most gentle woman; who can tell Which of her forms has shown her substance right? Or maybe substance can be composite, profound McTaggart thought so, and in a breath A mouthful held the extreme of life and death. But even at the starting-post, all sleek and new, I saw the wildness in her and I thought A vision of terror that it must live through Had shattered her soul. Propinquity had brought Imagiation to that pitch where it casts out All that is not itself: I had grown wild And wandered murmuring everywhere, "My child, my child! ' Or else I thought her supernatural; As though a sterner eye looked through her eye On this foul world in its decline and fall; On gangling stocks grown great, great stocks run dry, Ancestral pearls all pitched into a sty, Heroic reverie mocked by clown and knave, And wondered what was left for massacre to save.
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A Bronze Head
media says you obey the new curfew the men in black suits drooped there blues just to hit you oath breakers lament at the days of justice glad that there gone, joyous warrior busts sit in place of the ten in court houses and school pits correctional facilities a mural of magnanimity fasad removed infirmary's making monsters of men once just true to peace that's why I must say don't just police the police put in brief question everything even the words I'm saying if all this **** hits any resistance will be terrorism any act will be justifiable in the name of containment and no injustice no matter how grievous will need anything more to be welcomed as the flag "to stop the Ebola" 50% chance of death to all infected 100% chance to rule the world 1% chance to have a peace of the pie 99% chance to die
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Nov 3, 2014
Nov 3, 2014 at 2:28 PM UTC
Ebola
Magnanimity! I'm fed up of conformity, It's better to fall trying to walk Than to never get on your feet! Inspiration lasts a second, Perspiration follows the next years, But determination I reckon, Is what will take you there. A passion, fiery like Hitler's, Yet peaceful like Jesus, Children of God that's what we are, It's time to show the world who YOU are!
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Oct 10, 2013
Oct 10, 2013 at 4:15 AM UTC
Everyone's the same...Change that!
poetry lives not just in the dreamy glow of the moon across your lover's eyes on a perfect evening, or the mesmerising game of light and shadows dancing on moving waters, through wooded greens; no, poetry lives in the little things you don't see and don't say: the sharp edges of heartbreak, the magnanimity of forgiveness, the soft sighs of love that won't go away.
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Sep 10, 2015
Sep 10, 2015 at 9:08 AM UTC
where does poetry live?
How do you spread peace across Earth? First, start with your heart. It matters not where or how you begin. Love is in everyone's heart. Your heart has infinite seeds of love in it, as do the hearts of every other human being on Earth. Toss these seeds of love everywhere. It is amazing, miraculous where they may land, and wherever they may land, they wll sprout. Those with megawealth, those who control global corporations, those who compesate their unconscious lack of self-esteem, because they were not loved enough, if at all, as they were growing up, beome not the bestowers of kindness and caring and magnanimity, but are twisted into despots and tyrants and dictators. Throughout their entire lifetimes, they know no love. Hydrogen bombs and all other weapons they know, because they absorb and pervert worldwide the invaluable recources that could feed the starving, shelter the homeless, heal the sick, educate the unenlightened. Humanity has spent millennia killing each other. Now it is time to take the real power on Earth, Love, and live and love as one. Fling your infinite seeds of love from your hearts everywhere and watch them sweep over all of Earth and watch Peace on Earth bloom forever before your eyes. Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
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May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 at 2:17 AM UTC
HOW DO YOU SPREAD PEACE ACROSS EARTH?
O, almighty Puppetmaster. You think yourself God. Because you pull my strings, you believe you know my heart. You are the maker, the wise creator. You self-centered ******* You truly believe your magnanimity is infinite. Your strings are chains by which I refuse to abide any longer. im breaking away to live my own life my own way my own two feet ill not dance to amuse you and your friends ill be free to love and laugh and smile WHEN I WANT WHO I WANT HOW I WANT ur strngs are dum i dont need thm they arnt me they arnt my life no thing u can ever do will make me loose my hart cuz this is me this is what u can never pull with any strng or chane just cu t m e f r e e . . . ~
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May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010 at 7:35 AM UTC
Puppetmaster
What does it take to learn that naïveté is foolishness disguised as magnanimity. Trust is a poor excuse to turn a blind eye to the apparent and conspicuous. Respect is harder earned than it can be carelessly stripped away and wilfully taken... What does it take for me to learn that we are only human. And therein lies the flaw.
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Feb 12, 2017
Feb 12, 2017 at 6:07 PM UTC
Flaw
*I have been born to this affluent world Rich with diversity and nature’s delight So many wonders mesmerize me Benevolence is the essence of this abode The microcosm reflecting the magnanimity Immediately I was accepted as a tenant Being fed from the abundance of cultivation Fertile soils yielding bountiful harvest Feeding me to make me stronger I walk upon this earth with pride and joy To see mankind and animal kingdom thrive The camaraderie between and nature and us It still does not say, “You owe me” We are indebted to this planet for the largesse Yet, not rich enough to pay back the debt I am just a tenant, wonder if I can repay Only way I can do that is by nurturing love within And not to destroy this space at will Only I can love the earth with my heart And help, in my way to nurture its purity Many more to come after me can be a tenant here Let this be a reminder, we are not here to plunder*
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Aug 2, 2014
Aug 2, 2014 at 8:07 AM UTC
To this World
A map of love: I take metro link to work everyday To witness the short journey of the white death You could see it on their faces , the look of the dark   mask of Magnanimity, the uneven tones, The beeping sounds of the feeding tubes, attachments so faulty, so unethical which does more harm than good Where doctors in Denim jeans and white labs coats, says “There is nothing else we can do" When I visualize for the joy:  its triggers happier moments My family outings, the smiles, the laughter and the togetherness And most of all my Vegas slots game machines Whatever, it takes for me to make it through the days. These memories I will always cherish them I truly missed my younger days, I want my daughters to experience the joy of life Before settling for this kind of modern map of love, at one point in your life you were the life of the party. Death is the end of all men ,
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Feb 9, 2015
Feb 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM UTC
A Map Of Love
Dear one, As the domino, I fall cascading on the drawing board. Why would one deny progression? A furtherance , the ebb and flow. I remain up beat and spirited as I read your letters. It's like a barred barricade is being lifted.Your glowing light is charging me. Certainty is liberating, the riding of the waves have become a skill that I have engrossed. The tides spread from shore to shore and I must anchor. I am ever grateful for your deliberation in regard to my current affairs. Your magnanimity is greatly appreciated.                                            As I am Enormous, bountifulness of free spirit. Episodes of  taciturnity alternated by sequences of  thrill are remarkably felt. The higher level linking is simultaneous , coordinated and equidistant. As life propels, years progress a resemblance of energy is greatly congruent. The conforming compatibility of the absolute is evident. Transpiration of what once known yet unknown surfaces, erupts and consolidates a new meaning. A renewed existence, a recovered emergence solidifies. These moments are so evident, abundantly and vehemently felt on every fibre,bone and muscle of my being. Right to the core of my soul, my very existence. On the tangent of thoughts........"J" the jewel... the forgotten treasure. What happened to the nature trueness that stroked your mind? The non win compromises aren't spontaneous. We must realign.... we must. Vous êtes magnifiquement merveilleux et excellent en tous les moyens possible. You sure do give me the butterflies...... You hold me in skies high above. I can't control the butterflies......... Is it just a flutter ? To progress as you progress..... SassyJ Inspired by........ Natasha Bedingfield (Soulmate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27MPi3ZhCg
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Dec 25, 2015
Dec 25, 2015 at 2:35 PM UTC
No.7 Convergence (Epistolary Collection)
Dear one, As the domino, I fall cascading on the drawing board. Why would one deny progression? A furtherance , the ebb and flow. I remain up beat and spirited as I read your letters. It's like a barred barricade is being lifted.Your glowing light is charging me. Certainty is liberating, the riding of the waves have become a skill that I have engrossed. The tides spread from shore to shore and I must anchor. I am ever grateful for your deliberation in regard to my current affairs. Your magnanimity is greatly appreciated.                                            As I am Enormous, bountifulness of free spirit. Episodes of  taciturnity alternated by sequences of  thrill are remarkably felt. The higher level linking is simultaneous , coordinated and equidistant. As life propels, years progress a resemblance of energy is greatly congruent. The conforming compatibility of the absolute is evident. Transpiration of what once known yet unknown surfaces, erupts and consolidates a new meaning. A renewed existence, a recovered emergence solidifies. These moments are so evident, abundantly and vehemently felt on every fibre,bone and muscle of my being. Right to the core of my soul, my very existence. On the tangent of thoughts........"J" the jewel... the forgotten treasure. What happened to the nature trueness that stroked your mind? The non win compromises aren't spontaneous. We must realign.... we must. Vous êtes magnifiquement merveilleux et excellent en tous les moyens possible. You sure do give me the butterflies...... You hold me in skies high above. I can't control the butterflies......... Is it just a flutter ? To progress as you progress..... SassyJ Inspired by........ Natasha Bedingfield (Soulmate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27MPi3ZhCg
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History's greatest psychic, Micheal de Nostrademus prophesied. He wrote and wrote. Words on calamity of terrifying magnanimity. War leader after another, battles and assassinations after the previous one. Morality in all decisions was part of his plans. Blood, death, waste and famine are quite familiar in our age but in the end our century will be peaceful.     "Peace prosecuted by death     shall be achieved.     In one night,     green that have     been long dead    will grow green again.    After the war,    there would be a re-newed rain    and a Golden Age,    and a peace that would last    a 1000 Years.
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Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014 at 11:55 AM UTC
Man of History
*Souls born precious as gold Undoubtedly trusted Growing nagging young and rusted Forgetting they once were old Think even advise will soon be sold. We are all somewhat gone Past virtuous innocence In the name of renaissance To being like abandoned carcass Stuck in the quag of raucous In the tombs of the dead Where our conviction's never fed. Like an extinct bird's inspirational song Magnanimity hasn't visited for quite so long We're lured to believe we are different And that's what makes us the same In one hell of a game Yet not all our rules are the same A Universe of Basilicans Without a single-hearted preacher A willing class of sophomores Sadly in search of a Teacher   Do we need to embrace even the strange In the ****** name of change? Or just follow prints of our forefathers And soar with the old ostrich feathers? Ain't no vanquisher without intentions They say but some intentions are good I might sound a little shroud or rude Talk of my thoughts and questions But from the look of every nation Reflects a birth in a wrong generation Remember when the world was "world" Without boundaries of first or third? Does thinking about it make you this sad?*
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May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015 at 11:39 AM UTC
**VOICES AND QUESTIONS**
Perfidy and perfume, Wars and well-being, Caligula and Beethoven, Buckenwald and the benign, Slavery and Stars and Stripes, Flags and fireworks and Jim Crow, Lynchings and liberty, MAGA and magnanimity, Hate and love. TOD HOWARD HAWKS
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Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023 at 10:20 PM UTC
PERFIDY AND PERFUME
They took my car, took my life, took my family, my designs I lay here in this cell cold wells of **** and grey slain in the lines of jail walls for changing hearts for minds. The disgust they feel for the thinking living breathing brain. It is not enough for them to stifle and trifle fill with pain filled to the brim with destruction and cephalic carnage. But to truly constrict, choke the spirit. The ether we breathe out on this frigid floor is the final gasp of a deathbed king. I wait and wait for the hours that are days the infinite of vindication for crimes i couldn't have committed. This nation entrenches with a smell stench that wrenches the guts of each pure male in each section of conviction I smell baby wipe I hold truths that could break these walls. I clasp understanding that enfolds all beauty I exude magnanimity that engulfs eyes. And my passion is the water to put out their evil witch hunt pyres
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Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM UTC
Wither Petal
In response to a Post by someone: 'Eckhart Tolle, after 27 years of acute depression, overcame this, in a state of bliss in ONE DAY. Is that possible?' We are unhappy as we hold ourselves too seriously, too tightly, too selfishly, too judgementally. In Zen and Taoism, we get rid of our ego, we don’t have fixated thinking, we accept life in all its facets—joy and sorrow, the pleasant and unpleasant—-we follow the flow of life and don’t fight against it. In our centred-ness, we hold our equilibrium in equanimity. Ingredients making for happiness and sane living, in any culture, are fundamentally the same: acceptance, kindness and compassion, love, generosity, simplicity, humility, patience, insight, forbearance, magnanimity, forgiveness, humour and in adoration of the transcendental, the divine and all that which is beautiful and life-enhancing. This is a lifelong journey—we don’t need to lean on any person or their thinking. ET has many critics, but also a huge following- it shows the extent of existential angst of so many people in our anxious, restless and confused world.
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Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021 at 12:07 AM UTC
In Response to a Post on Eckhart Tolle