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Work Up Poems - Poems about Work Up

Work Up Poems - Examples of all types of poems about work up to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for work up.
Premium Member The Quilpie Flyer
There was this little train in Queensland Quilpie Flyer was the name Ran from Charleville to Quilpie Made it every day the same It was the Daily Mail Train With a carriage at the back Taking Ringers and Bush workers Who went...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, adventure, work,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Mike and Dave Collide
I watched it all happen on aisle nine as Mike rounded the soda stacks, careening past the woman standing there nursing her newborn. Dave came from the other side, long-legged stride tripping over the man whose leg as sticking out from his...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, humor, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member forgot I was likeable
I forgot I was likeable until I quit my job now I wish I had quit a lot earlier....Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Free verse
Dedication
Dedication shows Truly pays off at the end If you work harder....Read the rest...
Categories: work up, character, dedication, desire, work,
Form: Haiku
Ideas Vs Practice
Some say ideas are just a tiny part, Just one out of a hundred, for a work of art. The rest is practice, lots of work and strain, Like planting seeds in dirt with little...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, perspective, work,
Form: Canzone



Premium Member No Hate is Certainly Working
I was glad to escape the school run by demon spawn thrilled to extricate myself from this hell-hole disengage from a hateful situation distangle myself from the mess they call normal I am pretty sure the students feel...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, school, work,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member and of course
Mitzy who retired the same day as me said “One of my parents gave me two hundred dollars.” “Great!” I replied “Another gave me a hundred.” This makes sense. She is a really terrific second grade teacher. “And then, of...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member my biggest fear
I have no pressure. The job from hell is over. And yet, I am still not sleeping well. Especially at night. I am fearful. That someone will drag me back there. And make me work with these people. It is the biggest...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Glad to Make my Escape
I loved my school counseling job Loved it, loved it, loved it. Until they moved me to another school part time. One week school A - my home school. The next week school B- a school that loves...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Dorothy Doo Wrong
I have worked in ten schools as a school counselor. I have had twelve administrators over twenty-seven years. This one was the quintessential ridiculous administrator. Let’s call her Dorothy Doo Wrong. Dorothy Doo Wrong compartmentalized grades 3rd-5th. It ensures that...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member power animal reassures me
I spent my first day of retirement chopping down small trees. Renegade brambles full of ivy and poison vines, Kansas kinds. Tripped on several of them, landing hard, without using my hands. I heard my mother’s voice yell...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member pretend I am dead
The social committee came to me in the form of Mrs. Breast Pump. Mrs. BP has been taking advantage of many of us for months now. She is supposed to have two twenty-to-thirty minute pumping breaks. It is...Read the rest...
Categories: work up, work,
Form: Narrative
Corporate Reality
Top echelon biz Looks for financial freedom The lowly works hard....Read the rest...
Categories: work up, business, engagement, perspective, work,
Form: Haiku
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 up, 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 up, work,
Form: Monoku

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