Your Poetry Dot Com

Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!

Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+

Custom Search


Welcome !	Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link	29-May 13:43:43 AEST

Menu

· Our eBay Store

· Error Submit

Poetry

· Submit Poetry

· Least Read Poems

· Members Listing

· Old Site Post 2001

· Old Site Pre 2001

· Poetry Archive

· Public Domain Poetry

Stories

· Stories (NEW ! )

· Submit Story

· Story Topics

· Stories Archive

· Story Search

Community

· Our Poetry Forums

· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

Site Help

· FAQ

· Feedback

Members Areas

· Your Account

· Members Journals

· Premium Sign-Up

Premium Section

· Special Section

· Premium Poems

· Premium Submit

· Premium Search

· Premium Archive

· Premium Topics

Fun & Games

· Jokes

· Bubble Puzzle

· Cross Word Easy

· Word Hunt

Reference

· Dictionary (Rhyming)

· Site Updates

· Special Content

Search

Top

Help This Site

· Donations

Others

· Moderators

Our Other Sites

· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

Social

Array ( [sid] => 184730 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Charity Ball [time] => 2017-12-23 20:38:09 [hometext] => How nice to see you! Did you bring your American Express Card? [bodytext] => Oh, such a party!
Gloved ladies in gowns;
Men in tuxedos, in limos abound!

Great marble ballrooms ‘neath gold chandeliers;
Orchestras, candlelight, wine somoliers!

All who afford it are sure to be there!
Come and be seen at this gala affair!

The restaurant owners have laid out a spread;
The wineries pour til it goes to our our heads!

The auctions begun; raise your credit cards high;
For bangles and baubles we’ll bid to the skies!

The auctioneer knows we will spend far too much;
In hopes to help those who are down on their luck.

Tomorrow our heads and our wallets will ache;
But tonight we are spending for charities sake.

Whats gained here or lost ultimately depends;
On where you are standing when the night ends.

For this is as close as opposites get;
The rich to remember; the poor to forget.

Back to your penthouse; or back to the street;
When the nights over, both will retreat;
Home to the worlds that never shall meet. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 63 [topic] => 21 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )

The Charity Ball

Contributed by softerware on Saturday, 23rd December 2017 @ 08:38:09 PM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Oh, such a party!
Gloved ladies in gowns;
Men in tuxedos, in limos abound!

Great marble ballrooms ‘neath gold chandeliers;
Orchestras, candlelight, wine somoliers!

All who afford it are sure to be there!
Come and be seen at this gala affair!

The restaurant owners have laid out a spread;
The wineries pour til it goes to our our heads!

The auctions begun; raise your credit cards high;
For bangles and baubles we’ll bid to the skies!

The auctioneer knows we will spend far too much;
In hopes to help those who are down on their luck.

Tomorrow our heads and our wallets will ache;
But tonight we are spending for charities sake.

Whats gained here or lost ultimately depends;
On where you are standing when the night ends.

For this is as close as opposites get;
The rich to remember; the poor to forget.

Back to your penthouse; or back to the street;
When the nights over, both will retreat;
Home to the worlds that never shall meet.

Copyright Â© softerware ... [ 2017-12-23 20:38:09]
(Date/Time posted on site)

Advertisments:

Previous Posted Poem | | Next Posted Poem

Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more

All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.

Re: The Charity Ball (User Rating: 1 )
by RussellReinhardt on Sunday, 24th December 2017 @ 02:28:08 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Dearest Soft

I/'/ve been away to long and what a wonderful way to return.

This is and exquisite peace. It/'/s a shame that we have poor but it/'/s an even bigger shame we have rich.

Did you know? That if everyone that has shares a little with everyone that doesn/'/t have then everyone will have

I just love this peace. This time of year it makes one think. I for one am grateful I have to share.

Thank you for this reminder that we should show comparison and more importantly lend a helping hand, not to gain but just because we can

God bless and a blesse Xmas

Greetings
Rus

Re: The Charity Ball (User Rating: 1 )
by JamesStockdale on Monday, 25th December 2017 @ 02:59:20 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

A very insightful and provocative write.
I can better respect a donor if they do it in secrecy and if there was no tax write off in the process.

But money is money to a cause no matter where it comes from. I dont belive the working rich should be ashamed of their wealth if it is legitimately earned. Why should they be??

There will always be those that have and those that don/'/t.

Re: The Charity Ball (User Rating: 1 )
by Invierno on Saturday, 30th December 2017 @ 09:55:21 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Great marble ballrooms ‘neath gold chandeliers;
Orchestras, candlelight, wine somoliers!

Well done on the soft alliterative rhyme!

The content, the message, is a real one, and speaks to all.

I really like this one!

Invierno

While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. Â©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright Â© to their submitter. All the rest Copyright Â© 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com