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Best Philanthropy Poems

Below are the all-time best Philanthropy poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of philanthropy poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Soft is the pillow beneath my head
as dread sweeps over the world
Haunting dreams with chilling screams
shrill as a lonely wind

Crisp and cool is the linen...

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Categories: philanthropy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Veil of Evil - Jimmy Savile
Oh, if only ...

If only monsters ...
LOOKED like monsters.
If they lurked ONLY in the dark,
Glowing red eyes and chiseled teeth ...
Claws and horns and forked...

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Categories: philanthropy, abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A World of Charity
The sparkle of charity is alive and well
It’s the grounds for cohesion and solidarity
Making spiritual gardeners of us all

Goodwill marries kindness
Sharing bounty with open heart
And...

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Categories: philanthropy, community, integrity, society, world,
Form: Free verse
The City and the State of Play Today
THE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY

No one worries about morals today 
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on...

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Categories: philanthropy, business, community, corruption, international,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Greatest Gift
To give is good, most would agree,
When helping poor feel more secure.
A splendid thing's philanthropy,
Though motives are not always pure.

We seldom sacrifice at all,
Our charity,...

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Categories: philanthropy, community, giving, humanity, money,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Ode To the Walkin' Man's Friend
Seldom in life does one feel the effects,
Of another’s SIXTY YEARS of lifespan;
But now and again, God gives us respect,
For the lives of extraordinary men.

Such...

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Categories: philanthropy, appreciation, blessing, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Look Up If You Dare
INSPIRED BY THE FILM 
        DON’T LOOK UP

Humanity has become oblivious, ignorant to an inevitable lightening quick catastrophe,
Politicians...

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Categories: philanthropy, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Silence
my father told me once
life, my boy, is give and take
—never forget! and he was still

promptly my teenage mind
set to work and i reasoned:
what mean...

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Categories: philanthropy, child, conflict, death, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Harry Chapin - Story of a Life
I’m about to tell what’s an important story,
Of a singer who is sadly now long gone,
Whose story needs some increased recognition,
He could p’raps be described...

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Categories: philanthropy, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
My Visit To Nirmal Hriday
Perhaps from my childhood, it had been my burning desire,
To glance Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart) - a home I did admire;
At the thought of Kolkotta...

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Categories: philanthropy, caregiving, dedication, happiness, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sorrow Brings Strength
Of bereavement for a nation
long ago blessed by God,
a loved one no longer at the table,
the environment of earth struggling
to be an Eden.
People clamoring for...

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Categories: philanthropy, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Xenophobia- Target the Bird Not the Tree
Seems as a country full of saints and carriers of purity
as all crimes are interestingly attributed to outsiders
tagging them the influential teachers of immorality
yet such...

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Categories: philanthropy, africa, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Growing Up, La - Part 3
Chapter 3: College Preparation

My freshman year started quite smooth
Touch football broke my leg
My luck we had a tennis coach,
That brought things down a peg!

My algebra...

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Categories: philanthropy, life, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life Is a Chance
I love the sound of rescue squad sirens
Someones got a chance

Houdini had no chance
He wanted to survive everything

Kennedy had no chance
He wanted what's best for...

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Categories: philanthropy, analogy,
Form: Lyric
Smoking Hot - Once Upon a Time
Smoking Hot

Once upon a time there was a little girl
She carried a chipped edged bowl in her hand
Charity had been generous to her riding years
Gifts...

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Categories: philanthropy, abuse, anger, devotion, evil,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs