Compassion Poems - Page 3

41. Going Forward

• By Fiona Halliday
• Published by Family Friend Poems May 2022 with permission of the Author.

Teach me patience, when there is anger,
Teach me strength, when there is injustice,
Teach me compassion, when there is need,
Teach me empathy, when there is sadness,

Read Complete Poem

42. The World's Greatest Need

Famous Poem

• By C. Austin Miles

A little more kindness and a little less greed;
A little more giving and a little less need;
A little more smile and a little less frown;
A little less kicking a man when he's down;

Read Complete Poem

43. The Two Kinds Of People

Famous Poem

• By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There are two kinds of people on earth to-day;
Just two kinds of people, no more, I say.

Not the sinner and saint, for it’s well understood,

Read Complete Poem

44. Beyond The Purse

• By Abimbola T. Alabi
• Published by Family Friend Poems December 2017 with permission of the Author.

It's sometimes easy to think
We have nothing to give;
Yet we often have more to offer
Than we tend to believe.

Read Complete Poem

45. Planting Seeds

• By Alora M. Knight
• Published by Family Friend Poems December 2018 with permission of the Author.

I was in a room the other day
Where seeds were being planted.
I could only hope and pray
Their growth would not be granted.

Read Complete Poem

46. On Good And Evil

Famous Poem

• By Kahlil Gibran

Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.

Read Complete Poem

47. Celestial Design

• By Melita C. Warren
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2023 with permission of the Author.

If I provoke a smile, hear laughter rise,
Bring a sparkle into someone's eyes,
If I ease the loneliness of one soul,
Wipe away a tear, a broken heart console,

Read Complete Poem

48. Cost Of A Smile

• By Patricia L. Cisco
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2017 with permission of the Author.

The cost of a smile isn't much,
although many people act as such.
We all have our problems of struggle and strife,
but a smile will help in anyone's life.

Read Complete Poem

49. How Often, If Only...

• By Abimbola T. Alabi
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2018 with permission of the Author.

If only
We'd have helping hands that lead,
Open arms accepting those in need,
Not fingers pointing out misdeeds.

Read Complete Poem

50. Sticks And Stones

• By Alexander S. Newlin
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2015 with permission of the Author.

Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words will never hurt me.
That old saying is such nonsense.

Read Complete Poem

51. What If

• By Alora M. Knight
• Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.

If you have helped one single person
To overcome a prejudicial mind,
You have made an angel sing.

Read Complete Poem

52. I Am Beautiful

• By Keisha Swafford
• Published by Family Friend Poems December 2008 with permission of the Author.

I am beautiful,
I am powerful,
I am desireable,
Boys love me,

Read Complete Poem

53. Nature's Way

• By Alora M. Knight
• Published by Family Friend Poems April 2018 with permission of the Author.

Is there anything as tranquil
As a brightly glowing jonquil
That stands in sweet serenity,
A part of nature's tapestry?

Read Complete Poem

54. Just For Today

• By Dawn M. England
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.

Just for today,
Can we forget about race,
Colour, religion
And who isn't 'straight'

Read Complete Poem

55. It's Time To Help Them

• By Sami Chester
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 2017 with permission of the Author.

Have you ever asked
Why the singing bird sings?
Why people help people
Without gaining a thing?

Read Complete Poem

56. Trust?

• By Trish
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 2011 with permission of the Author.

After I knew the person you showed the world,
I searched for the person you are.
He was nowhere around
Where was he to be found?

Read Complete Poem

57. Trapped Inside

• By Dedicated_mama
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

I wish you could see the world through my eyes.
You'd understand me better and release fewer sighs.

There's so much that goes on inside my head.

Read Complete Poem

58. A Blade Of Grass

Famous Poem

• By Ruby Archer

A blade of grass is bending
Above the moaning stream,
In sympathy is blending
Where troubles only seem.

Read Complete Poem

59. Heart Song

• By Keith R Acker
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

When a smile can lift a fallen soul
Or a loving touch make one whole
If just one heart we can console
Our Song of Love we can't withhold

Read Complete Poem