Short Donations Poems

with your donations
we'll build our places of praise ~
shall break yours gladly


10 November 2021...

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My poetry's too cute
    I need a vacation

  I'm better off mute ~
    though I'm forgoing cremation...

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Need money do not be funny I take donations, not illustrations so I need dollar bills to take a treat off your feet then take your seat...

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If "Into each life some rain must fall"
There's not one drop on Donald Trump's Wall!
Donations sky high
But we all know why
Trump has a ball instead of a Wall!...

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Wright Again!

Jeremiah feels the heat forthrightly
His donations lower more than slightly
While the plate is passing
Seems surely it’s fasting
As it stops and dangles politely

© Mar 23 2010      Charles Henderson...

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These are not donations
But only my frustrations
From working all workstations
Yet no compensations
For Calais formations
From all my creations
Confrontations leads
To my deviations
Exclamations 
In need a vacation
I feel vibrations
Cause my expectations
Is I meet expectations...

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Keanu in Hawaiian means “cool breeze over the mountains"
This man is a saint, he stands alone without question
Gives millions without recognition
A true martyr by any definition
Helps cancer research, without attaching his name to his donations

An extraordinary Canadian!...

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I’m preparing for this Halloween 
But the cobwebs I refuse to clean 
My spiders donations
Give some palpitations
Yet I find them rich in protein




A New Halloween Inspired Limerick poetry contest
23rd October 2019 
Syllables counted on poetry soup counter - 9 9 6 6 9
Sponsored by - Tania Kitchin...

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The Russians have landed on Mars!
They can't drive American cars
But neither can we
Its the dust, you see,
Plus the fact that there are no bars!

Trump needs more support for golf fees
All cash donations he seize   (sees?)
But oh what the heck
Your stimulus cheque
Will work just as well, if you please!...

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Emptiness may come in the form of
Poverty caused by the lack of the esssentials for life
Struggling by emptying energy to earn a living
And satisfaction on a give and take basis for happiness
But the highest stage is satisfaction
Take pressureless, greedless, selfishless and guiltless to yourself
And give away donations and sympathy for others...

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FANTASY

I dreamt of magic, crystals and potions
Millions upon millions upon millions of minions
Plenty of artifacts, many creations
Dungeons and dragons, abyss, oblivion
All those catacombs, they call civilization
No nations, just rations, epics and sermons
Gods and demons that live on donations
Horses, bards and whores and all them corpses
Sticky fingers up their @$$3$...

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Max is back in his favorite chair.
I mended the chew with scotch tape.

Waiting for curious buyers to buy,
My beautiful things for the sale.
As I also wait for rain, I write.

I let the dogs enjoy the fresh air.
Three people stopped by, bought.
I put back for me and my children.

I called a cab, he loads donations
Into his van. Off we go for drop,
And get gas for my little gold car....

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his final journey
in a huge black limousine
death comes to us all

the funeral cost
he won’t have to pay the bill ...
grieving relatives!!!!!!

I know the florists
make a 'killing' out of death
no wreathes when I'm gone!

I don’t want any
floral tributes when I die
give me flowers now!

I would much prefer
charitable donations
Hospice benefit!


10/18/18...

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I didn't flatter that inurbane toad
I was in a transitory mode
He made me a scapegoat who looks funny
Told my friends I gravitate toward money

He blamed me for all this malignant air
That will alienate all those of us who care
It might dissipate magically -
He's a capricious man, tragically

Why can't he be perspicuous like me -
I'll use your donations as they should be


September 5, 2016...

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Christmas shopping I will go
Red kettles at department stores
Sidewalks covered in snow
Bell-ringers spreading Christmas joy

Volunteers bring Christmas cheers
Give a dollar or two or more
For the needy the bells ring clear
Red kettles need to be filled

Goodwill is in the air
Giving donations is what it's about
For those in despair
It's the Christmas sharing and giving part


"Jingle Bells" for Kim's contest...

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(This is a fictional poem)

PBS has some quality shows and they no longer allow people to watch without 
paying.
They beat the hell out of me and now the hospital is where I'm staying.
I got beat up so bad that I had to have some amputations.
From now on I'm going to make damn sure that I give them donations.
I'm going to tell you something that you must do.
Give PBS money or they'll kick your ___ too....

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My heartfelt thanks to the Anonymous one(s)
for the recent donation to Samara's Medical Fund.
There's a special place in my heart for they who donate anonymously.
No greater act of kindness exists for me,
than they not seeking recognition or popularity,
simply giving of themselves so unselfishly.
Their donations in my opinion are the most selfless acts of charity,
and I thank you One or All, Most Sincerely....

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Help the Needy

By Elton Camp

You see them standing outside the door
Often at your favorite Wal-Mart store

Donations they ask that you give 
So others a better life can live

Cancer fund, heart fund all are there
In the hope that customers will care

But the last time I went there to shop
The fund raising made my jaw drop

It was for Wal-Mart employees in need
Low wages created by corporate greed...

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The Organ Grinder is Grinding
The monkey isn't there
He ate to many bananas
Now he's in Hospital care

The Grinder keeps on turning
He's grinding that old crank
He's looking for donations
To put into his Bank

He's under lots of pressure
To pay the hospital bills
The monkey bit the doctor
He didn't want any pills

Life is such a grind
With a Monkey on his back
The doctor sued for all he's worth
Now he's living in a shack...

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The biggest victory is that,
Who's with everyone.
If no one is happy then again.
The meaning of victory is to lose.
Win the heart with the truth.
Whether the defeat that you become the identity.
But you would be far away from dishonesty.
If your feeling in the heart are this.
The greatest asset is the same.
If you do not remember even after all losing.
Heart,it only happens to be good.
Do not be thankful for donations....

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To the self appointed patricians of government

Take back your schemes
Take back your doles
What makes you deem
That I was one of your proles

I may have needs
Wishes it’s true
Keep your snake oil and beads
I’ll get along without you

You came along with all your clever machinations
Supported and all paid for by enforced donations

So take back your dosh
We’ll make no fuss
Just remember by gosh
You got it all from us...

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I'm looking forward to have my shave, 
It's not the thought of being brave, 
I just feel the urge to do some good, 
And hopefully help to lift my mood,
Macmillan helped through times of need, 
My stories there for all to read,
They understand they help you cope, 
With your life that's hit a slope ,
Macmillan nurses stay with you through the toughest times that's true, 
But a charity comes with cost, 
Without donations it will be lost....

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i am
alone. 

sitting in the dark.
with only the world. 

but still,
i cannot help
but feel. 

people breathing,
on my neck. 

reminds me 
of their presence. 

they tell me 
"why are you doing this?"
"you have my attention, now stop."
"you don't need help."

but can't they see
that they are blinded by
their do gooding, 
and small donations. 

am i 
the only one, 
that has pulled back the veil
that is 
false pretenses?...

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More and more
its like a big-box-store
with what had been worn
(whether tattered or torn)
never given to the poor.
There's only rising prices
more and more.

While the making of beautiful
paintings or hours spent doing
needlecraft is tossed on piles
in frames
as detritus with no names
anymore.

Dust covered glassware
competes with sofa springs
for space on the floor
as other days bring fresh donations
of creations
to discard
more and more....

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Of the legumes family
They call it Albizzia Lebbeck
From Africa, her homeland
John VI took her, to Brazil
Where her bark for tanning
And for the timber industry
Her forage foliage
Are self-donations

Pleasant appearance
It is their foliage, with flowers
So unobtrusive; the fruit of African flavors 
That the number and size
Are yellow, slender pods
However, very elongated
Like long has become a lesson
The overnight that lasted
Five hundred years of slavery...

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