Best Magnanimous Poems
Magnanimous
Noble character—
With a greatness of spirit!
Never vindictive . . .
Generous and forgiving . . .
High-minded and always just!
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
December 22, 2018 (Tanka)
A man of magnanimous soul
Wakes up in the morning, sighs
Parts the curtains, picks up a call
Which is a bit unwise
Mephistopheles calls for a lunch
Somewhere in the Regent street
Sorry I’m in a time crunch
The man says, but thanks for the treat
I don’t think that I can afford
To accept your invitation, sir
It’s a day late and a dollar short
So bye-bye, little devil, adieu
Then a man of magnanimous soul
Stops the call, and feels rather sad
His woman appears, asks what’s going on
Nothing special, he says, I’ve gone mad.
Magnanimous Man My Papa – Ha!
Flagrant red hot poker rage
lacerated upon the head of this sole
male offspring, sans he who did
help to sire me, his vitriolic baggage
inflicted like graped shot,
and deployed barrage
also akin to inflicting searing,
menacing, and branding iron wrath
left indelible psychological blockage
insufferable emotional constipation,
wrought wretched state of human bondage
resultant outcome witnessed breakage
of spirit, when hateful scathing verbal damage
invoked, exploded, and bombed mine psyche,
especially during mein late
adolescent, and into latter adult stage,
particularly cuz this anxiety riddled Harris
exhibited no ambition to earn a living wage,
nor maximize on any inherent strengths
thus this then much younger body electric
oscillated with zero voltaic amperage,
which family of origin assemblage
dynamic ratched tension nsync
on par with hotly contesting arbitrage
additionally compounded by
indifference toward parents, a disadvantage
living under their same roof,
mama's and papa's patience
wore thin, second progeny they did disparage
punctuated with ultimatums toward me,
which did nothing to assuage
intolerable passive resistance stance,
thus expletive laced
"midnight lectures" dosage
occurred a bajillion
times per week on average
annihilating my self esteem,
wherein this native son felt
less worthy than bacteriophage
analogous to useless atrophied appendage
yours truly emotional detachment
heck, I may as well have been
ice sill hated in Anchorage,
cuz me negligible care and/or concern
amplified palpable uneasiness, a drainage
in tandem with estrangement fueled umbrage.
Dry bones in you makes a lot of radical change,
No matter what hinders your specified range,
I'm forming you to be a strong sage,
Naturally your skin won't accept a syringe,
Forever,among all those men who're timid,
My words are making your fame rigid,
Through rudimentary process,
Feel the reality in my closet,
That place will provide a tutelage,
As compared to holding a deadly mandate,
I've spoken fairly,
Will ever work for you honorably,
Choose what you wish justly,
And you'll be given fastidiously,
I demand that dearly,
But make sure you address that justifiably.
M-agnanimous zeal within
E-nhances the ray of light;
A-iming to show spiritual courage,
N-ot fearing the dark of
N-ight.
G-reat vigor ends sluggishness
O-r lethargy that you feel;
M-onday February twelfth,
E-mploy a magnanimous
Z-eal.