Ann Gilmour Poet Free verse

Charity Begins At Home

 
Charity begins at home
A proverb often heard
Helping out our family and friends
Though surely not where charity ends
Belonging as I do to Parkinson’s UK
'tis a degenerative disease  ~   will ne’er go away

We sing each week in our Parkinson’s choir
raising funds ~ giving hope 
as we pray for a long awaited cure 
A world without Parkinson’s what more can I say
Well may be ~ hip hip hooray!

As Parkinson’s Awareness Week now nears
Should be happy ~ but are very close to tears
When enquiring at our local Mall 
where we can place our stall
to encourage kindly folk who pass 
with donations to P from one and all 
So imagine our shock and dismay
to hear that we now have to pay
Though previously free for Parkinson’s charity

Now six hundred and fifty pounds for the week
plus the dreaded VAT…

Just a stall in a corner of our local shopping Mall
We speak to kindly folk as they pass by 
Encouraging donations 
 that may help to find a cure one day
Though sadly no donations here for Parkinson’s UK
Charity begins at home ~ but here you have to pay…

Written by Ann Gilmour 6 April 2022
Copyright © Ann Gilmour | Year Posted 2022

Contest A BRIAN STRAND STANDARD
Sponsor Brian Strand 
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Christuraj Alex April 10, 2022 at 6:26 AM "Charity begins at home ~ but here you have to pay…" - Depicting a grim, all the same, realistic situation. Congratulations! Ann Gilmour April 11, 2022 at 1:46 AM Many thanks dear Christuraj, but thankfully they came to their senses after a piece in the local paper and so we are now able to collect donations and advise folk from our stall in the Mall... with kindest thoughts Ann xx

Victor Buhagiar April 7, 2022 at 8:46 AM A well constructed poem. Greed rules the world. Hugs. Ann Gilmour April 11, 2022 at 1:44 AM Thankfully they came to their senses Victor and for the rest of this week ~ it's Parkinson's Awareness Week ~ we are able to set up a stall in the Mall for free, so hopefully we will receive lots of donations for Parkinson's UK...

Tom Cunningham April 7, 2022 at 1:01 AM That's disgusting Ann, but I'm not surprised, how people can be so greedy putting profit before people. Tom Ann Gilmour April 7, 2022 at 2:36 AM I know Tom, I truly cannot believe it. We were ready to man the stall from next week, but now that cannot happen. Before lockdown I believe we made £1,200 for Parkinson's UK! Many thanks for your comments Tom, I always appreciate your words. With kindest thoughts my friend from Ann xx