agate
flame of rich hues
bestows warm and serene moods
hinders light for his own body
an upright altruist
PLACE: 2 nd
First Black President of the United States of America, Barack Obama
Altruist in politics, he being one of the fewest, Obama no drama
Aloha spirited & elegance, known for The Affordable Care Act
#47 tries to taketh away, bet by now you wished #44 was back
The world doesn’t tend to give you what you want
Give me a locked box, the indescribable taunt
What if she was feeling generous?
In a moment of empathy, some severance
My fingers delve deep and rummage
I’d pay your entry fee, some sort of tonnage
Reaching past the gold, the silver
Some objects the victims to pilfer
I can feel it beating at the bottom, submerged by guilt
Picking up the shattered pieces, always knew you needed rebuilt
I'll spend all night putting you back together
Please let me talk to you, I can feel our tether
Your heart was broken in the bottom of my box
Why you left it with me is a total flummox
I chose to return your heart back to you, as you repaired mine
Maybe this time my act of kindness will cause us to intertwine
The world doesn’t tend to give you what you want
But if you give me a chance, maybe I can
She's a kind-hearted woman who devoted herself in giving
She would give what she had even though she was toiling
She's a golden soul that did not know how to be greedy
She would give her own food even though she was hungry
May 11, 2023
Owning a barn was one of your wish lists
Reaping a fruit tree is not a work of an altruist.
They said blueberry jams are your favorite
Wonder if you’ll eat them at once: Savor it!
Did you collect eggs from a tired hen?
Did you rip off the sheep’s clothing in a pen?
I wonder what the old cow said when you milked him out.
Life must be exhausting: He wished to pass out.
How could a mule please your self-conceit?
I’ve heard your grown cattle gave you money and a receipt.
What did the turkey do to provide you with a thanksgiving feast?
The neighboring animals grin; they must be on their feet.
Does being a Welsh pig make you feel like a “Babe in the City”?
How could you allow your fierce cats to act like a kitty?
Raising fowls, geese and pheasants is a nice venture.
Should you stop “milking cow” for once: It’s such torture!
(Should parents use their children as an investment?)
The gate made me rush,
my destination was plunder.
I saw them jeopardizing themselves,
helping others.
Unselfish concern for other people,
in the face of scarcity, risky,
without any reward.
Prosocial behavior,
born with a natural tendency,
helping others, forefront of thoughts.
Neural evidence, pure altruism,
against violence, inequality, and oppression.
Nurture the seeds of change,
respect for human life.
When they fragmented,
and socially atomized,
they shape beauty identities.
Come on in take a seat
everyone’s welcome,
I don’t discriminate,
black-brown-yellow, or whites,
Say now your a
really good person,
An altruist philanthropist
or really just nice.
Yeah whatever I only
care what’s on the inside,
Have no interest
in color of skin,
Just keep coming never
turn away a stranger,
If you like bring some
more of your Kin.
If only others took a
leaf from your book,
What a much better
world this could be,
No racism, hypocrisy
allowed inside my joint,
This grim reaper accepts
every body he sees.
By
David Kavanagh
She came from a distant view,
A sexy looker obviously;
All dressed and made up,
Promiscuous consequently.
She had a hardy heart,
Her tongue an acute blade;
One wrong move she needs,
Being nice is not her trade.
Bold and fierce as she could be,
She had no concern for other people,
With no rights but plenty wrongs;
She was anything but feeble.
He gave her his attention,
He was a genuine altruist;
Falling for her was a big mistake,
He was as solemn as an evangelist.
He endeavoured to correct her,
For her weaknesses were great;
A plan to rebuff her selfishness,
Unfortunately he was too late.
For him she was to difficult to control,
Like cherished gems his sensible words;
Which derived from abundance of love,
She was spirited and free as flying birds.
By marrying her he signed and sealed,
He treated her well as wife and friend;
Grace, wisdom and charity he had,
Didn’t know she was an actual fiend.
His heart became a dead man’s heart,
For it did not function any more;
She poisoned him for his money,
Now she resides behind a cell door.
Ethereal Ascendant Sacred Transcendent Emmanuel Redeemer
Emissary Afflicted Submitted Triumphant Evangel Reformer
Exemplum Agonist Servant Teacher Emancipator Restorer
Epiphany Adored Slain Theonomy Efficacious Resurrectionist
Everlasting Altruist Sanctifier Transmigrate Expurgator Reconciler
Eternal Almighty Supreme Triumphant Eminent Risen!
Venerations Ablazed
Altruist veneration in an endeavour
Let the dew drop onto the leaf
Untamed dew,but chose to fall
Upon the sordid soil in grief
Blossomed lilac benignly pleased
Nectar! quench the beetle's thirst
Beetle in lieu fought to escort
Whimsy pollen along the dust
Clumsy pebble lost in womb
Sharpened and curved surfaces
Blisters on foot may rest for a while
Edges shed mighty all graces
Canvases all soaked in blues
Palette when agreed to save
Offerings of the candid quill
Rendered oblations of nave
Ethos forayed,venerations ablazed
Weary arms cosied endeavour
Clinched in the stead of hatred
He hustled his frump manoeuvre
1.Revealing regimented forsaking is
determination of books
2.Accounting ascetic conceit is
odd as dead.
3.Renouncing, computing creation and
destruction is noble.
4.Controlling sense- organs by knowledge
considered blissful seed.
5.Killing desires of sense-organs
skilled as Iconoclast.
6.Great perform rare noble
deeds inferior fails.
7.Prudent, realizing five senses
command the earth.
8.Greatness is exposed by
his metaphysical language
9.Short incensing save not
the hilly virtuous.
10.Altruist performs charity of
cherishing earthly beings.
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Dedicated to Thiruvalluvar, the author in Tamil
Translated by S.Kandasamy, MUSIRI, TAMILNADU,INDIA
Published in poetrysoup.com on 3-12-13
E mail [email protected]
Let them say I was a simple, stubborn person,
hypersensative or insensative, a dispenser of partial justice,
a person of particular patience,
may those who encountered me in moments of bliss or blight,
in instances of charity, charisma or condemnation speak of me ruefully & beautifully,
some will surely say that I was apolitical, asexual, atypical,
an atheist an animist, a racist or an altruist, a want to be soldier,
a combatant for my liberty,
others, I suppose, that I was selfish as sin,
courteous like kindness, and furious as a frustrated phantom,
maybe they'll say I was gay or anticompliance,
I do not dare require truth, fact or fiction from my bifurcated biographers,
I only ask for their breath,
their rosey & ruse recollections of my life so stark,
let them say that they knew me,
let them say that I lived,
that I lived lovingly, lonesomely, and learnedly,
let them witness my reality like laughter in the dark -
J.A.B.
Of course, who can claim to be my lover
Eternally wedded to him I am, in the form of a prayer
That is you, only you, powerful Lord
Revered you shall be as long as I can breathe your word!
Seated on the highest altar of my heart
Forever you shall be the ladies' sweetheart
Even if the guys will want their friendship's part
My lover forever you shall be in your tender heart
Feelings are profuse,
You have been my only muse
Lighting up at all times my fuse
Tending all the times to my bruise
Blissful are those seated near the Lord
Guiding them he is, always away from discord
Pray, altruist Lord, Love me endlessly
I am yours incessantly, claims my harmony
Placed 6th in the contest Endless Love;Gail Doyle
Every bond I thought was eternal strong
Was so ephemeral to the other
They treated me like a popular song
I was the rhythm and not the lover
I am the misunderstood
The temporary gain for a temporary good
Ah idealism, the cost of you!
The world is full of lonely people today
But none like the altruist
None like him inflexible in belief.
Altruist stands against Egoist,
Against his own life stands;
Red with blood his eyes are,
Plucked by his selfless hands.
___________________________
Altruist follows the leader,
Who knows not where to go,
But down into lifeless darkness
Where all false leaders go.
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Altruist follows ruts and hollows of selfless service worn;
Altruist bellows to his fellows, "Cowards we are born".
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Altruist bending in faith ne'er ending to death is sending his prayers befriending;
Death, receiving, is nowise grieving, but laughs in reaping the self-deceiving.
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Altruist kneels, pounds head on floor;
Egoist stands, a beast no more.
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