Darlene Gifford Poet Rhyme

Job Burnout: Brevity Contest

This BREVITY poem I wrote was for Casarah Nance's
contest. Closed already! So printing my poem anyway

I love my job,
I really do. 
Even though my hours are long
and the benefits are sometimes few.
I make the coffee for the crew,
and a zillion other things
for them I do.

Jobs are important!
So I'll hold on to mine,
because never again do I want
to stand in the unemployment line.


Sometimes I feel unappreciated,
in this job I've been given.
But I know as a wife and mother
it's the best kind of livin' 

However, at times, I YELL,
"Enough! Enough! Enough!"
And to my husband I say,
"Here, you change your son's diaper.
I'm finished for the day."

"The children are all fed,
and your wife is going to bed!"




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Andrea Dietrich July 18, 2015 at 7:24 PM I LOVE this one!!! It says so much about you as a person, because you appreciate your life and your job. I do too. We are Iowans through and through. Darlene Gifford July 19, 2015 at 7:48 PM Yes, how true! Sometimes we just need a loving reminder from hubby like a big, I appreciate you hug. But, of course, flowers and candy work, too!

Eve Roper July 17, 2015 at 7:32 AM Oh, I do know how it feels to be unappreciated, not a very good feeling. You work so hard and sometimes not even a thank you. Good pen a 7 Hugs Eve Darlene Gifford July 17, 2015 at 7:50 AM Thanks, Eve, I can see you really understand my poem. But despite all that, the rewards of being a wife and mother are many. We just don't see them all the time. Have a great day, Darlene