Toil Poems - Poems about Toil

...Written 28 April 2024 “Genius begins great works. Labour alone finishes them.” Joseph Joubert Labour Day ......Read the rest...

...What brings you back, O Sailor from journey— Coffers of golden words of poetry, Or precious pearls, nuggets from depth of sea? I’d gone to explore once as an old man, Rudderless, and with nothi......Read the rest...

... April 30 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 5-6 Key Verse – 1Chronicles 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all t......Read the rest...

...Sometimes life gets so weary And it is hard to move on; I look back on yesterdays When I was once young and strong. Now each step is much shorter And the old bones feel the chill, While ev'ery ......Read the rest...

...It seems that I have learned little, From the encyclopedic, book of love. As the subtle complexities have amused And mystified me from high above. Some may even claim th......Read the rest...

...From the valley of a lone Victor, Hope bloomed on mornings dew, Carrying promises of a brighter sun, In echoes of joy and persistent smile. Here he comes, draped In night’s shroud , Messenger ......Read the rest...

... a boys own adventure has now begun on a beach blazed under a Turkish sun we`re here to take land from the evil Hun and are told we are doing this for everyone orders were given from the mothe......Read the rest...

...KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME The Unknown Soldier Rows and rows of snow white stones, no names upon their face. Thousands more who went to war and left no earthly trace.......Read the rest...

...I am the breath of teardrops drying A whisper coaxed awak’ning on rippled pond Shadows creeping amid the grey stones Concealing both prey and predator A faint kiss to lift the butterflies aloft......Read the rest...

...Monday blues are preceded by Sunday yellows And I have always hated these Sunday afternoons To me, they feel so lazy I watch as the world turns silent and still No noise except for the cr......Read the rest...

...When one is free from drudgery, Liberated from tiresome toil, In that little space of time, Leisure sows its seed in the soil. A minute to relax, Preceded by an hour of travail, A m......Read the rest...

... An ancient mariner in the seamless sea, I’m sailing for ages in the intuited undefined course in sparkling sunshine and tormenting tempest, on the rolling timeless teal waves, rising high ......Read the rest...

...Eat food for breakfast To power heavy toil To till the soil.......Read the rest...

...a po-am...a toil letting of word...sound-dings that splash meanings...of an idea-as a lane-gauge...for some word flow from an id-as...clear stan ......Read the rest...

...The price of delayed gratification In the currency of patience, we pay the toll, For the price of delayed gratification takes its toll. We sacrifice the present for a distant gain, Enduring ha......Read the rest...