POEMS FOR THE WORLD AUTHORS WELCOME YOU
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Poets and poetry lovers join the fight
against poverty
You have seen the shocking news about the deteriorating global situation, including climate change. Our politicians need to know that the voting public really cares about making poverty history. Read the BBC News summary of the UN's Global Environment Outlook. Many of us who have poems published on this site wanted to contribute to this special page, and to share with you some background on the authors who are supporting the campaign against poverty. If you are new to us and wish to publish a poem then please dedicate one or more of your poems to Poems For The World. If you can, compose and submit a new poem on an appropriate topic. if you like, you can write a poem about making poverty history, or global climate change, or about anything in the news related to these issues; in fact anything to help raise awareness, or support the campaign in some way. Or just dedicate any poem you feel is suitable. Submit your poem here, and select "Poems for the World" as the "Type of poem".
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Things people can do to help Please read our poems and visit MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY, taking the time to really think about what you read. Spread the word; tell all your friends about this page. Write poetry to support the cause, give what you can to any of the recognised charities supporting poverty and homeless people, and above all try and help someone in need. Just a small donation can help in all sorts of ways, either by getting those who need help off the streets or providing much needed food, clothing and medical supplies; this could save someone’s life. You can also support the running of this page by making all your Amazon purchases via a link from this site. Finally, join our discussion forum and find out what else you can do to help, or just join the fun! |
Post a message on the discussion forum if you wish to be added.
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| Doreen Yates | Weak Spot |
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I have always written ever since my school days,
but then had to give it up because of family
commitments. I started writing again just over
12 months ago. It is something I have always
wanted to do, and I enjoy making people laugh.
My work is mainly comedy, although I do write
on topical subjects in the news.
I decided to try and see if I could get any published
when I came across this site and I have not looked
back since.
I have two sons who are both musicians and
I also speak and record poetry as well.
I think Poetry is wonderful and can make
a difference to someones life.
Please support this site and help people in need all over the world. Read my poems Hear my poetry spoken |
From my early teens I used to write about my feelings, some would call it poetry
others just a collection of random thoughts, with the onset of my mid to late teens
and my twenties I put the writing away for many years due to demands for time from
my employment in the armed forces, not totally though still wrote on and off but
never showed anyone let alone kept the work. It was about two years ago I discovered
this site, I
read through a few poems one struck me its called “My Written Emotions” by Ashley
Mundy, and I sat back in awe, from that day I started to keep my poetry and posted
a few to start with on this site, using the forum pages to gain confidence in my
work by asking what people thought of them and how I could do better, I had little
faith in anything let alone poetry at the time as my personal life was in tatters,
yet through all the reading and writing of poetry has helped me to regain the person
that I once was.
Read my poems More about me I ask everyone to please help someone in need! |
| Jackie Tarr | |
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I write under the name of Jackie Tarr and have had some of my poetry published on this site. Although I have been writing for years it is only recently that I allowed a wider audience to read them as I was unsure of the poems quality. Since having published on this site it has become apparent that my poems have been well received. I wrote my first poem as a school homework assignment after studying the First World War poets. It surprised me that this medium could cause so many emotions in that era. When I first “googled” this poetry site it made me realise that there is still suffering and pain in the world today but over a wider spectrum than that written by Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and other poets of the time. I submitted a couple of my own poems for this cause. I write mainly because I want to and I like to but the greatest pleasure is seeing the words that I put down being enjoyed by others. Let the less fortunate enjoy a little too! |
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