Best Qualities Poems

I climb a rainbow in my mind
Where colors spread so true
Happiness arrives as I find
Golden qualities in you

Shining across the sky
Shining upon everything below
I don’t have to ask why
I followed this rainbow

I learn new special things
With every color I see
Shared by a pair of wings
Flying,...

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They see strengths
Not the limitations
These are people who will make you proud of yourself
They will tell you why you’re special
Trust you to the point you have to answer their expectations
They make you better than you normally are
You can be proud of yourself
They respect you 
For...

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Thiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal

[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to INBATHTHUPPAAL, the amorous relationship between the sexes, i.e.,  cantos 109 to 133. of which the first seven concerns itself...

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They sit gossiping 
around on chairs
Under shady walnut
Sh! Sh! Backbiting! 
Abusing! Loud laughing…
having fun!
A proud young man 
newly appointed
Abused his pupils in 
anger
When I in innocence 
interrupted him
And reminded of his 
class,
For the poor pupils I saw 
were waiting
Opening their books on 
their bags.

Another one,...

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On Praising Ladies on their Qualities in the THIRUK-KURAL: Canto 112, Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal, K1114 and K1120

[Please see "introduction on the plight of young girls" in the previous post on this Canto 112: K1111 and K1113, and please note that they were (and are still...

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What are the qualities that a friend should
have – that which would make a true friend so true?
A friend is one whom you like to be with
while a true friend insists on being with you.

A friend likes you when you have so much in
common. True...

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I want a friend who stand by my side through all, always catch me when I fall
Someone who care about me forever, want to be with me on every endeavor
Someone who can make me laugh and cry, they can be a girl or a guy
Someone...

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My closest friends came to be serendipitously
acquaintances through circumstances...
age deepened respect through several years...
honesty, laughter and tears abated fears...
now that we are here... by faith we persevere

It seems 'to take a village' to keep me in ink...
I appreciate each of you, all you do and...

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Two Gender Free Qualities
The battle of the sexes is a draw officially.
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Men disappoint other men and also women.
Women disappoint other women and also men.
Men deceive other men and also women.
Women deceive other women and also men.
This behavior, known no where else in the entire animal...

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Further qualities of the King* the THIRUK-KURAL lauds: IRAMAADTCHI - Canto 39, K381 and K382

[*modern-day "kings": presidents, prime and chief ministers, governors, dictators and the like; K381 & K382 have already been posted.]

K383: thuungkaamai kalvi thunivudaimai immuuntrum
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Qualities That Men Possess

All the good qualities
Possessed by men and women
Are gifts from God above—
Grace in many a sermon.
All is owed to God
For He owns everything.
It is perilous to exalt man,
As the works God Himself does bring.

Man loses sight of his dependence;
Thinks he’s the one...

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when she saw you she knew
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n 
(even though all her
friends told her the contrary),
that even though you had not a cent 
to your name, even though 
you had a string of broken 
relationships left in your wake,
even though you mentioned that
your lives were not...

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Precise
and wise.



Written by Andrew Crisci on 7/9/ 2015...

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Alas, the world has changed
As the humans take control. 
They, for their own likes and dislikes, 
Have defined you, just as they please.
And now, you witness the creation of great walls…
Separating mankind. 
By the comparison… of colour, of language, of the way of life.
The beautiful,...

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TREAT ME LIKE A HUMAN
Flowers can be pink
Flowers can be white
Light or heavy that does not change their hearts
They result in fruits which may have seeds or be seedless
Fruition is the best of it all
The fact that inner qualities matter cannot be denied

Shows that as...

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