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Samaritans Poems - Poems about Samaritans


In the Bible On My Shelf
They say that in the Holy Land so very far away there really are SAMARITANS, who to the present day at Eastertide or then abouts ..but wait! Who comes our way? Some long-haired Wanderer, I've guessed, but let US listen for a JESt to what HE has to say! "My names are one and many,to some I was JIM CROW. 'GOOD...

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Categories: samaritans, christian, easter, ireland, jesus,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Good Samaritans By the Hundreds
"Woman raises over $315K for homeless veteran . . ." ABC News Nov '17 A homeless man with only twenty dollars to his name, a sincere good Samaritan with no designs on fame, observed a stranded woman near the interstate one night and knew he had to be the one to remedy her plight. When she remained in her...

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Categories: samaritans, giving,
Form: Rhyme



Good Samaritans
Once, when I got off the bus in the African rain, I was greeted by hailstones And deafening thunders! New to the land, and hardly prepared for such a turn of weather, I was shivering all over. My teeth started chattering, Beating a wild rhythm! Nearly frozen, I shuddered. Suddenly, a gate behind opened And a friendly hand stretched out. A...

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Categories: samaritans, happy, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Good Samaritans
Yes, I have been privileged to be a Good Samaritan, but I prefer to share about other Good Samaritans. Most friends and acquaintances that I have known have been and are 'Good Samaritans'. I take great delight in speaking of four of them who attended the wounds of others as well as my own. ...

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Categories: samaritans, christian, faith, friend, god,
Form: Narrative
Samaritans
Joanna Davis How much are you… willing to give? Lay down your life so they may live. In this cold world when passions flame burns so bight beneath your name. I still believe in what your said… that time will come in days ahead when love and hope will rule the day Hate is forced to run away. I look for your face, you...

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Categories: samaritans, angst, brother, fantasy, hope,
Form: Rondeau Redouble



Samaritans
It’s 9:03 am, where’s my breakfast Oh, I have to get it myself Not that hungry I suppose Apathetic morning half-tones No shuffling, straight upright Swaying, fighting off figures Feel chained up like Kracken Absurd loneliness, never by myself Poor Prometheus; poor, poor, Prometheus He could never keep his breakfast down Every morning robbed of the feeling Of being full, of being useful, alone In stone hands...

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Categories: samaritans, morning,
Form: Free verse

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