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Scary to LarryThere once was a farmer named Larry
With a hundred cows at his dairy
Larry did his best
Hired help for the rest
Milking that many cows was scary
...
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Categories:
work, farm, funny, humor, life,
Form: Limerick
My son's first jobBetween working in a woodshop and doing yardwork - he will learn how to clean...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Monoku
Power tools sanders
Categories:
work,
Form: Monoku
The Boss Was Not…Dunder Mifflin
actions not mortifying
suddenly
the voice of a sportscaster
erupts
with the time of day
giving
the time of day
quarterly
…Mash
not a lover’s quarrel
but
like Burns and Houlihan
together
to screw with “the cast”
…Priestly
but the devil
was tattooed on an arm
scaring
the hell out of us
causing
us...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Verse
WorkOh me oh my
I work all the time
I honestly just feel like a tiny fly
In this large world full of crime
I wonder what is my purpose here
When all i do is work
All i want...
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Categories:
work, addiction, anxiety, career, drink,
Form: Free verse
Hard workI've always done physical labor - just to know I'm alive and what my limits are...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Monoku
Mental TortureHardest thing to rest
Is the tiredness in the mind
A daily torture....
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Categories:
work, life, mental health, recovery
Form: Haiku
Over The Waters Blue"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar" ... Samual Taylor Coleridge
Over the waters blue I love to sail,
many times I get to see a big whale.
Some nights the wind will sigh,
like...
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Categories:
work, blue, boat, love, sea,
Form: Bio
Beginning AgainI decided to work smarter
Instead of just working harder
This may seem a bit trite
No need to get uptight
This poem is just my restarter
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Categories:
work, courage, creation, humor, life,
Form: Limerick
Good Workthank you dear farmers
love you and love your neat work
food, fruits, and much more...
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Categories:
farm, work,
Form: Haiku
The GrindstoneA red-rimmed sun of summer,
of the sweat of the workers,
the salt of their brows.
Shoulders to the grindstone,
the strength of sinew and muscle,
hours of their labors.
The Lord of their lives
and their eternity-
gives them a dreamer's ...
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Categories:
work, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Work schedulesI remember back in the day when everything was closed on Sundays and you could take a leisurely Sunday drive with your parents and not have to worry about being anywhere at any certain time...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Monoku
Over The TopSun up you're up time's up get up
light on paste on brush up brush down brush all around
chin up shave up wash up wipe up you're out
kids up mom's not
suit up tie on press...
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Categories:
work, character, husband, life, marriage,
Form: Alliteration
one of these daysA job defines bits of our life
Though it often causes us strife
We’ll find a new fit
If we choose to quit
And not slit our wrists with a knife...
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Categories:
work, angst, career, cry, dream,
Form: Limerick
Blue Collar, White CollarBlue collar school,
Blue collar play,
Blue collar children,
Blue collar praise,
Blue collar words,
Blue collar phrased,
Blue collar work,
Blue collar pay,
Blue collar union,
Blue collar say,
Blue collar terraced,
Blue collar glazed,
Blue collar town,
Blue collar ways,
Blue collar nights,
Blue collar days,
Blue collar skies,
Blue...
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Categories:
work, children, day, house, night,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Work Poems
Read wonderful work poetry on the following sub-topics:
anniversary, christmas, colleague, ethic, funny, hard, inspirational, job, leaving, life, stress, teamwork,
and more.
Definition | What is Work in Poetry?
Poems Related to Work
task, industry, trial, job, production, struggle, performance, endeavor, effort, functioning, trouble, stint, commission, drudge, exertion, assignment, toil, drudgery, obligation, stress, grind, sweat, daily grind, elbow grease, grindstone