Street Entrepeneur
He sat on the corner his back quite bent,
each dollar he collected, he quickly spent.
His sign’s report,
He needed support,
His get up and go had got up and went.
...
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Categories:
drug, jobs, work,
Form: Limerick
The Ledger of A retired Nurse's LifeTapestry of Life**
In the intricate tapestry of life, vibrant memories weave their threads, each one shimmering with its own hue. The echoes of past workplaces linger like faint, nostalgic perfume, evoking a bittersweet blend of longing and relief. Seacrest, with its relentless morning shifts and haunting graveyard hours, etched an indelible mark on my soul—a...
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Categories:
jobs, anti bullying, encouraging, giggle,
Form: Narrative
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOUWe truly believed things would change
after years of sweat and sacrifice
planting seeds in borrowed soil
watering them with pieces of our youth.
Day after day, we sat in rooms
learning how to nod and pretend
studying to lead, to build
to heal nations with thought and pen.
Month after month, we challenged our minds
told ourselves we were shaping futures
learning to analyze...
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Categories:
12th grade, jobs,
Form: Free verse
Losers
Categories:
jobs, work,
Form: Haiku
The InterviewYou thought the application was the hardest part
Without actions you have to share your heart
While your talking you're wishing to read their mind
Are their thoughts of you nice, pleasant or unkind
Why do we have to be interrogated just for a job
By looking at me you can't tell if I'm a lazy slob
Yes I'm nervous and...
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Categories:
emotions, jobs, work,
Form: Rhyme
Freaky People
“The employee shortage is so bad that long haired freaky people can now apply!”
~ seen on a mobile sign
Being of sorta sound mind and long hair,
I dare to compare myself with the supporters,
defenders of the length though “at my age, I
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cut it in a current style to look younger, I’m told.
Stand up. Stand proud....
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Categories:
jobs, fun, hair, how i
Form: Free verse
Walking On EggshellsWalking On Eggshells
I’m not putting up with this s###
Always offended
Always the one in the workforce
Always playing the victim
Troublemaker
Just downright stubborn
Treading on water
Walking on eggshells
Anything to set them off
Push them over the edge
Your fired
Looking for the negative attention
Feed their insecurities
Probably in their 40’s...
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Categories:
jobs, work,
Form: Rhyme
MY CV IS ENOUGH!Why ask me
what I hope to be?
Why rate my worth
before you’ve seen me work?
Is my CV not enough?
A story told so clear and tough.
I earned my degree
and dream to lead and to oversee.
I’ve been a clerk
and I left my mark.
Each line on that page
holds my skills and my stage.
So why the doubt?
Why push me out?
I...
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Categories:
12th grade, education, jobs,
Form: Free verse
The lorry driverThe lorry driver
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
He is not at home
He is on an open
Dark wide road
With potholes.
His precious family
His treasure home
Is on his mind.
On his shoulders
Is a long lorry
With everyone's need.
Lorry driver
His restless arm
His calm arm..
With full of hope
He drives a load
Of provisions.
His steering wheel
He grips tightly
As if he is hugging his
Children.
His lorry moans
The mountains up and...
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Categories:
jobs, absence, africa, america, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Happy PlaceIn my happy place:
Island that is my birthplace.
Joining the rat race
As a temporary face
In my store at my own pace....
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Categories:
career, happiness, home, jobs,
Form: Tanka
At the End of the Road, At the End of the DayAfter Angella Voras-Hills
fallen green apples here and there
at a dead end, the yard is
where in the story lies an
ending, the life I lead an illusion
a collage along the road of
broken houses bathed in light
a quiet moment, a lament when
the day bleeds into colors
and all my realities and dreams connect
There is an illusion of light...
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Categories:
august, jobs, life, muse,
Form: Other
Said in the Same Breath as Freedom - May 8“O’!, work, work, work away,—ignore your thirst
and shovel steadily—keep nourrishing the coals
of locomotive life!(the cost is but your souls);
All other occupations?—to hell dispersed!
“Amen! your bosses, with cash (to be disbursed),
busy their hands with myriad controls
made to mold you for your determined roles;
Yes… yes!, because the silence would be worst!
“Aye! Men! your calling...
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Categories:
america, freedom, irony, jobs,
Form: Italian Sonnet
sun struck laborerssun struck laborers....come home to nightfall bread
repose in his kingdom...
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Categories:
jobs, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Monoku
Royal National Lifeboat Institution“With courage nothing is impossible” Sir William Hillary, a retired soldier and founder of the RLNI
A trawler's in distress at sea
It’s sinking, the crew cannot flee
A mayday message reads “Rescue me”
Their lives are at risk, as you can see
Brave lifeboat men will never tire
From aiding ships, some on fire
To save those at sea they do...
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Categories:
jobs, sea, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Private Dancer
Scarlet ribbons are woven into her hair,
titan ringlets frame her beautiful face.
Never refusing to wiggle her pert derriere,
rich men pay big to ogle nubile Ella Grace.
Huge feather fans ensure she’s never bare ~
Ella’s folks aren’t aware of her work place!
...
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Categories:
dance, jobs, money,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Jobs Poems
Definition | What is Jobs in Poetry?
Poems Related to Jobs
task, appointment, office, business, career, assignment, work, spot, profession, stint, place, activity, position, post, trade, operation, situation, chore, livelihood, racket, grind, occupation, vocation, handicraft, engagement