Poems about pennies (21 Poems)
Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris (Amy Lowell Poem)
Dear Virgin Mary, far away, Look down from Heaven while I pray. Open your golden casement high, And lean way out beyond the sky. I am so little, it may be A task for you to harken me. O Lady … Continue reading
Arrival (Philip Larkin Poem)
Morning, a glass door, flashes Gold names off the new city, Whose white shelves and domes travel The slow sky all day. I land to stay here; And the windows flock open And the curtains fly out like doves And … Continue reading
Pennies (Joyce Kilmer Poem)
A few long-hoarded pennies in his hand Behold him stand; A kilted Hedonist, perplexed and sad. The joy that once he had, The first delight of ownership is fled. He bows his little head. Ah, cruel Time, to kill That … Continue reading
Simply Irresponsible (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Failing to recognize to honor our commitment the obligation of society at the base of the social contract The governed to be served by the elected officials yet the least among us not to be left behind An unjust choice … Continue reading
Is this Love (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Denying services a voice, life taking their freedom to save a few dimes pennies of the budget but at the cost of their lives Is this love caring for our neighbor guided by the commands the guiding of God’s hands … Continue reading
Acting on Hope (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A widow’s offering simple, small, a meager few pennies But, all she had a sign, a statement, a testament to her faith to her hope in God her belief in God, in the provision of her daily needs by the … Continue reading
Marcotte’s (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
I was low on cash been studying too long. The sign in the window read “Three pieces of day-old cold fried chicken $1.00.” Words to warm a grad student’s heart No macaroni and cheese today! How simple the pleasures of … Continue reading
The Child and the Mariner (William Henry Davies Poem)
A dear old couple my grandparents were, And kind to all dumb things; they saw in Heaven The lamb that Jesus petted when a child; Their faith was never draped by Doubt: to them Death was a rainbow in Eternity, … Continue reading
168. Boat Song-Hey, Ca’ Thro’ (Robert Burns Poems)
UP wi’ the carls o’ Dysart, And the lads o’ Buckhaven, And the kimmers o’ Largo, And the lasses o’ Leven. Chorus.-Hey, ca’ thro’, ca’ thro’, For we hae muckle ado. Hey, ca’ thro’, ca’ thro’, For we hae muckle … Continue reading
374. Song-O can ye Labour Lea? (Robert Burns Poem)
Chorus-O can ye labour lea, young man, O can ye labour lea? It fee nor bountith shall us twine Gin ye can labour lea. I FEE’D a man at Michaelmas, Wi’ airle pennies three; But a’ the faut I had … Continue reading