Long Kindliness Poems

The Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim Number 245 (taken at random) of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classic on Ethics by Thiruvalluvar 

allal arulaalvaarkku illai valivalangum

mallalmaa naalam kari (K245)

“The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the...

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If I were a star, lighting up the night
Filling hearts with joy and hope
Inspiring souls to listen to the silence
That breathes a caress across the spirit
Whispering kindness to the listener

If I were a star…

I’d look...

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Even when I was a child I held such good qualities. 
I would write my older sisters’ letters with such ease. 
They would profess my love and sincere gratitude, 
with a smile on my face...

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It’s quite funny what I feel inside at this very moment
You figured me out from the start, but I’m not torn apart
I see you smile that smile of content, as innocent as an infant
You have...

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I feel numb beneath this skin…
This skin from deep within…
I’m thin and then…
I’m fat with loath again…
Greed I feed on
Envy and so on…
I’m a shining sun…
A dusked dawn…
I don’t feel pity
I know I look shitty
I...

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The truth about true greatness
Is not well understood
The evidence we need to know
For choosing something good

There are two kinds of people
The first are those who try
To aim for good and righteousness
And hate to tell a...

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you started like a pin prick to 
my heart, an intravenous bloodline 
saturating my once severed veins. 
after the turmoil we both embraced
we scattered poppies in the wind to 
secure our comradeship. 

a fever rushed...

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Pain—the best part of being human
Pain—the worse part of being me
Pain—a process of refining
Pain—an aftermath of being mean
Pain—the longings of young people
Pain—a blessing or a curse
Pain is just pain
Nothing more and nothing less

Pain—a redflag to...

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Chimbalangism was the doctrine of King Mndala 
        Chimbalanga ndindi from 1830
  He wanted to unite tribes through his names
  In Maravi Kingdom when he won...

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 “In Kindness we should be selflessness compassionate with sympathy 
While understanding benevolences benignity friendliness in hospitality. 
Amiability with public-spiritedness generosity with quality of being friendly,
Being generous considerate Always! In thanks giving being thankful for...

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People are hurrying, scurrying, worrying
Frenziedly squirreling clusters away.
Rumbling hypotheses riding on every breeze
Cast a malificent shadow our way.

Spreading pervasively, sneakily, rapidly,
Spanning the continents, changing its tack,
Causing uncertainty, splitting humanity
Interdependency starting to crack.

Tension is rising, it's...

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As I'd entered with my arms outstretched I'd submitted
myself to a lifelong commitment, to all the pearls I'm permitted; 
treasures of heaven I have fitted. 

My home in heaven is the ultimate dream. 
In the...

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I was barricaded by destruction and liberated by loss….

.....there you were…

One stare at you has broken through my wretchedness and distress,
    one touch from you redirected my fierceness and turned off my...

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Into my head stink in mythic one hissing
of running are ratters, as I hated by  
up nearly level of piled woodsheds rottenly sites
at weediest the backyard’s place,
of my neighbor’s unit close edged up wards
side...

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How  my own trespasses grip this weary heart
That deep pauses of meditation fill the quiet—
And I am reminded about One Love bestowed on me
Upon a Calvary of thorns , a death paying  all...

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Hit her daily won't solve your problems.
Escape her noisy as you are short-tempered,
All will work good for you.
Rightly, you will appreciate my advice later.
Troublemaker can turn to be a peacemaker,
Being good to each other is...

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She sees the world in images of grace,
reminding us that life's not what it seems,
to see the beauty in another's face,
and hope they may be blessed in their dreams.
that everything be curative and calm,
devoid of...

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She sees the world in images of grace,
reminding us that life's not what it seems,
to see the beauty in another's face,
and hope that she finds comfort in her dreams.
that everything be curative and calm,
devoid of...

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She sees the world in images of grace,

reminding us that life's not what it seems,

to see the beauty in another's face,

and hope that she finds comfort in her dreams.

that everything be curative and calm,

devoid of...

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She sees the world in images of grace,
reminding us that life's not what it seems,
to see the beauty in another's face,
and hope that she finds comfort in her dreams.
that everything be curative and calm,
devoid of...

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She sees the world in images of grace,
reminding us that life's not what it seems,
to see the beauty in another's face,
and hope they may be blessed in their dreams.
that everything be curative and calm,
devoid of...

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