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CraftsmanshipSuperb yet simple
Glimpse into the craftsmanship
Of Chief Carpenter....
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Categories:
art, motivation, wisdom, work,
Form: Haiku
Inner Workings of the Mom n Pop Pizza ShopTaped to the door’s plexiglass pane, a portrait
Of a Savior with ardent heart burning
Sunlight invades with the turning of hinges
Untethering the hospitality of Tony, the lone waiter
His Brazilian arms are swinging doors, open to embrace
He...
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Categories:
work, food, fun, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Average Wasn’t Good Enough
Average Wasn’t Good Enough
Miracle Man
4/27/2024
If life were simple everyone would excel.
Before I could make others believe in me,
I had to exhibit a belief in myself,
and God given ability.
I realized to be good at something
would require...
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Categories:
work, how i feel, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Becoming ColorsI was a celebrated, professional psychic, offering glimpses of rosy future;
And helping people work through problems, like pink moon, come sooner.
I had learnt to talk with the spirits, and also relate what they were saying,
To...
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Categories:
work, beautiful, color, dream, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
HookingI’ve known the streets: Places where the night lingers and the echoes of passing cars feel distant.
My feet have grown accustomed to the dim-lit alleys.
I walked past shuttered windows when the city slept, listening ...
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Categories:
body, lust, work,
Form: Free verse
Everyday Work JamBumper to bumper
Skynet Bridge swarm with cars
Daily morning ride.
...
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Categories:
car, engagement, life, work,
Form: Haiku
It's WednesdaySitting here cross-legged
pondering work situation
dreading tonight's work...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Senryu
Ghost Stories: COMPLETED[Fiction Out West]
A mining town, among others, had been shut down the longest. Long before the mines closed, and all the towns followed. As the story goes; one night, a 10-year-old boy walks into a...
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Categories:
work, child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
Do not Bother Trying to Win a Contest at WorkNo matter what the contest please decide not to win.
You create an elaborate costume until your head will spin.
Arrive at work hoping to have ooh and ahhhs
But someone else has stolen thunder from you, Ms....
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Categories:
work,
Form: Rhyme
TIRED--Andaree
Extreme cleaning my house is wearing me out,
but I’ll get through. There can be no doubt.
Straining and scrubbing’s required.
Buckets, I’ve perspired.
I’m beyond
tired.
Though not fond
of being this mired
in hard labor, I aspired
to cleanliness. When I’m...
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Categories:
home, pride, work,
Form: Rhyme
Corporate AmericaGagged by the navy neck-tie crowned upon him by the last soldier, the businessman precariously waltzes the death march down into “Sam’s Greens and Grains”, a specialty salad shop that locally sources lettuce from Upstate...
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Categories:
corruption, prison, work,
Form: Prose
Best ExerciseMorning exercise
With stick and broom outside
Is the best time flies....
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Categories:
inspiration, life, perspective, work,
Form: Haiku
Hustle and FlowAuthor Dana Redricks
April 13, 2024
In the hustle and bustle of life's grand show, since my tiny feet found the floor below, at just five years old, Mama's wisdom in tow, she taught me survival,...
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Categories:
work, dedication, deep, encouraging, growth,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
career, life, power, work,
Form: Haiku
WorkoutWorkout your figure
To carve out fats and pressures
For healthy posture....
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Categories:
body, care, food, work,
Form: Haiku
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