Longanimity

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*Image of It Begins by Pixabay. Longanimity Longanimity stretches a sowers grit for CROPS actuality, albeit, can likewise be ones, calm, cool, collectivity as the bounty of the reapers' CHOPS, sublimity achieves nature advances as its jewel. TESTS question one's prospect of forbearance while tackling the crisis giving an appearance BEST'S a favorable triumph of transparence file away any despair entitling perseverance. Impassiveness spread an outlet of snug DOORS, abstractedness harps on focus, hard to fathom jaggedness being unclear like peace and WARS, disingenuousness, apathy, or idle our phantom. POWER inspires valor to meet jeopardy, fortitude being such intros a key to the crux, bid latitude, EMPOWER one's gut to safeguard, ne'er subdued freeing tribulation via best beliefs as its prelude. Stoicism, Hellenic integrity of pleasure or PAIN, prism of sorts to veer a beam or invert an image schism hence lacks objection, curiosity ABSTAIN escapism from reality treats a sublime vicinage. ACTS of noble goals, confront peril, magnanimity breeds one's bigheartedness forward, generosity MAX the merits as concerns swamp, equanimity seeds grounds to endure, merciful re longanimity. 2022 March 05 *1st Place* Pick-A-Title, Vol 29 ~~Edward Ibeh: Judged 2022 March 27 *NOTE: The Triple Lento form I used above is known as a CROSS LENTO, formatted as; 1st quatrain, start rhyme, aaaa, end rhyme, bcbc; 2nd quatrain (CROSS) start rhyme dede, end rhyme, ffff, 3rd quatrain (CROSS), and so on. A Lento has (2) quatrains, Cross Lento can only be used in double (4), triple (6), or chain Lentos (8 or more).

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/29/2022 1:53:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. WOW!!! A wonderful/creative write. Have a blessed day writing away.......................

Hilo Poet
Date: 3/29/2022 8:45:00 PM

Wondrous welcoming, Paula, and to you as well my friend, Aloha~William

Terry Miller

Date: 3/28/2022 2:00:00 AM

Congratulations on a fine poem and placement

Hilo Poet
Date: 3/29/2022 1:13:00 AM

I am appreciative, Terry, and my compliments for it be but only one ... fragility my friend, Aloha~William

Christuraj Alex

Date: 3/27/2022 10:46:00 PM

Very beautifully written in a triple Lento form. Congratulations!

Hilo Poet
Date: 3/29/2022 1:09:00 AM

I am grateful, Christuraj, and my compliments that love unite my friend, Aloha~William

Sotto Poet

Date: 3/27/2022 11:17:00 AM

Such a wonderful vivid poem, William. You hit the jackpot with this excellent lento writing. Congratulations on your well deserved win.

Hilo Poet
Date: 3/27/2022 5:45:00 PM

I am grateful, Lasaad, for your wondrous expressions, and my heartiest compliments on your wondrous write, imbued with such dynamic words my friend, Aloha~William

Edward Ibeh

Date: 3/27/2022 9:47:00 AM

Wow, what an exceptional poem! Lento is such a difficult form and you pulled it off seamlessly. Heartiest congratulations on your top win in my contest, William:-)

Hilo Poet
Date: 3/27/2022 5:41:00 PM

My heartfelt thanks indeed, Edward, as always a pleasurable challenge you've presented, time and again my friend, Aloha~William