Short Largesse Poems

Excessive gifts
serve to bless his
show of largesse.

December 20, 2020

contest: Bauk Than
sponsor:  Charles Messina...

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The famous Peter Paul Rubens
saw life through many a lens
Painter,diplomat scholar&also in business
so Altar pieces painted with largesse...

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Ancient birthday 
Christmas Day enjoyed
Frankincense Gold
Humbled in Jesus
Kings largesse myrrh 
Naturals of purity
Question rushed shopaholics
Then understand
Victorious woman xantippe
Your 
Zeal 

3 January 2016...

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Spring oaks and a cool wind,
the evening dark mysterious,
after a month indoors.

Miniature in the forest of trees.
Magnanimous largesse
of the outdoors world

given to me —
I close my eyes and take a walk
before I lock myself inside

4/16/2020...

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harmony
    &
      unity
reverberate
          as
             motifs,
interweave
      &
        oscillate
in abrupt
           shifts:
doubt
     &failure
disperse
     as tenderness,
breathes
      as largesse
freely,
frankly
in
   diverse
       subtlety...

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We pray to you LORD this Ash Wednesday,

                            To thank you for this hoard of plenty,
                              
                            For us to be charitable to those not so

                            Well possessed of the world's largesse....

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sappy valentine
brown-eyed largesse broke my heart
a little, too much—
godspeed ahead…my sailor
celebrates the day we met

February 2022

David and I met 42 years ago on Valentine’s Day
in Navy “A” school. He brought me to see the
submarine trainer - awooga awooga (or gaga for short ;)...

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Today has 24 hours to live. 
Be at its deathbed, son,
keep a vigil, make sure you're 
included in its will. 
Of the priceless heirlooms, 
have your fill.

Sieze its shoulders,
shake it out of its last slumber
if you must. 
Cajole, wheedle and fawn,
get all that you most dearly want. 
Trust not in the largesse of
an inglorious dawn....

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When Autumn readies for harvest
not her full silos nor baskets imprest
not mellow vistas seen nor dressed trees, yellow-red
not Indian Summer's embrace nor late coloured flower beds
not Fall's living collage or wine newly pressed
not for walks in the woods or nature's largesse
but in thanksgiving ,daily blessed
for all the Lord's bountifulness...

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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
are they merely apps, or what I am?
I crave the love, as much as life
I get from all my faves and likes
Am I validated by others thumbs,
their trite largesse, or is it some
much baser instinct that's in play
a need to fill that I can't weigh
A hole inside my tender psyche;
the person that I cannot like
Myself, yes me, the very one
who presses "like" for everyone...

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Lavish lilac layers link lofty laurel lunar lanterns
 laissez-faire luxurious largesse lifts labouring lumberjack 
loop-de-loop  lilting Limerick levity lessens life’s load
laughter laden-lampoon, a little lacerating labyrinthine lip 
limelight lustrous leonine lithe lady launches lavender lace
lucid lissome leisurely land loper locket livid loom
Lopsided lounge lizard’s love-lies-bleeding loose leaf...

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Israel's Festival of Tabernacles is here
   Designed to bring cheer
      It's the happiest time of the year

Crops are harvested from far and near
   Extensive preparations made, quite dear
      On balconies, in courtyards, flimsy huts appear

Jews share their largesse with all who draw near
   Eat and sleep outside, except in weather severe
      Rejoice together, proclaiming this message clear

    ~ With thanks for our bounty, the Lord we revere...

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