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Work Poems | Examples of Work Poetry

Work Poems - Examples of all types of work poetry to share and read. This list of work poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of work poetry. This list of works about work is an excellent resource for examples on how to write work poems.
Premium Member Scary to Larry
There 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 ...Read the rest...
Categories: work, farm, funny, humor, life,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member My son's first job
Between working in a woodshop and doing yardwork - he will learn how to clean...Read the rest...
Categories: work,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Power tools sanders
Makes work more efficient the using hands as manual labor...Read the rest...
Categories: work,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work,
Form: Verse
Work
Oh 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work, addiction, anxiety, career, drink,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Hard work
I've always done physical labor - just to know I'm alive and what my limits are...Read the rest...
Categories: work,
Form: Monoku
Mental Torture
Hardest thing to rest Is the tiredness in the mind A daily torture....Read the rest...
Categories: work, life, mental health, recovery
Form: Haiku
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work, blue, boat, love, sea,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Beginning Again
I 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 ...Read the rest...
Categories: work, courage, creation, humor, life,
Form: Limerick
Good Work
thank you dear farmers love you and love your neat work food, fruits, and much more...Read the rest...
Categories: farm, work,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Grindstone
A 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 ...Read the rest...
Categories: work, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Work schedules
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Over The Top
Sun 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work, character, husband, life, marriage,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member one of these days
A 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work, angst, career, cry, dream,
Form: Limerick
Blue Collar, White Collar
Blue 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...Read the rest...
Categories: work, children, day, house, night,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Work Poems

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Definition | What is Work in Poetry?


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