Short Alms Poems

Humble angels implore
Kaffirs unsaddle holy alms
If Kings underrate...

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A man with no arms and legs
Begs alms in the sun
Uttering the names of God!...

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Welfare's up to politicians.
Poverty to judges.
Sickness comes from being neglected-
Lawlessness for grudges....

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Pray alms from God's hand to receive than treasures from the hand of Man! 









© Demetrios Trifiatis
       15 July 2018...

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Whilst singing praises to the Lord
Collection plate passed and he scored
Enough for a brew
With a coin or two
Whatever the Lord could afford...

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Sunbathing martyrs
Bask in the inclination
Of August sunlight---
Alms of sunrays penetrate
Extinguishing the sunblock.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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tithes, alms, to atone for lies and murder,

                      warlord, the kind provider,

                         feeling saved all over !...

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When the wife bent over downtown
It caused all of the nuns to frown
For - to their dismay -
Right there on display
Was alms for the poor upside-down!...

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The churches are filling with dust
Alms boxes are turning to rust
Congregations are sad
Priests and preachers are mad
WEEKS pass without citing a bust!...

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Above the moon flocked, steepled pines
     Eternal sky - the hallowed night
      Celestial alms of grand designs
    Sing silent psalms in ancient light...

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Gave Mr. Bro’ man a couple of dollars,
with a frown gave he a backhand holla
Said my alms were light,
and my palms were tight
Man, how I hate ingrate red stop collars!...

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If you give alms openly
That’s good for you
If you give it secretly to the needy
That’s better for you
And some of your sins will be forgiven too
And Allah is aware of whatever you do....

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He'd grown up a pest and a brat
Evolved into an oily bureaucrat

While bribes greased his palms
Folks back home begged for alms...

Stripped of his bureau ~
All that was left was a rat...

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The rich man seeks the alms 
of my envy
And the poor man the alms 
of my guilt
Both missing what hides
in reflection
Dreams trapped in the silver
to smelt  

(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)...

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All that glitters
Is not of gold
See it yourself.

Beyond darkness
If you get through
See future bright.

All can be bought
Not of money
But alms for love.

Eight hours travel
He sacrifice
For fun and lust....

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Oh, divine Muse,

Here before you, I kneel, 

Begging for alms again:

Some verses of yours to let me use,

For my status as a poet, to be able

To retain!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
        03 June 2021...

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My creed means to me,
Kind smiles for all I see,
Alms for donations,
Lord my liberation,
Serving the community,
Praying for you and me,
Believers are human too,
In our mortal zoo,
Creed means I can say,
Be you beautifully today!...

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My favorite Christmas present
a bunch of lilies white as a milky crescent
by street children who reside in the slums
came to meet me to offer them some alms

I saw almighty residing in their eyes
a gleam of joy enshrined in my heart in arise...

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Those who love 
Are loved by the Most Loving
Love the unlovable 
Share your blessing
Give alms to the poor
There's wisdom when you forgive
A good understanding when you forget
Love those on earth 
Then we will be loved
By those in the sky....

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tithes, alms to atone for lies and murder

            politician, shrewd provider

            feeling saved all over


            often, those who piously claim to be

            taxpayers' servile servants

            are but public serpents !...

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Giving alms while looking at the recipient’s feet
Was asked why his self esteem did deplete
To which he said ‘I seem to be the giver
Yet God alone is the divine lover
So I look down ashamed
Lest heart be stained’

07-October-2021...

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Gray arteries 
are laid bare
An altar
is beset
by hands 
of crones
begging alms 
in pulses
of arboreal blood
grasping 
at drab vestments
of indifferent sky


1st Place
Early June Standard Contest
Sponsor:  Brian Strand
Submitted:  6/6/17...

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CATHEDRAL

in sanctuary
sunlight strikes the panes blood red
huge g minor chord

paris – notre dame
its big bell shatters silence
ghost – quasimodo

marvelous stone pile
cologne cathedral inside
universe enclosed

old priest asking alms
cologne cathedral inside
blessed – face of god...

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On frost chilled night twinkling stars wink through misty shrouds
as miniature monsters in drunken sugar trances carouse the twilight.
Good pious folk stay hidden with candy alms against the fright,
while the swollen Halloween moon whimsically grins down at such a sight.


10/08/15...

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Let's have faith for posterity,
For all our humanity,
Plant prayers, our thoughts, 
Turn into pastoral support,
Alms for welfare globally,
Share riches for equity,
Small, practical steps no less,
Our faith and prayers can bless,
Advance our future, I say,
Jesus' faith will show the way........

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