Sweats and Sweets

Sweats and Sweets





Skinny sleek working in hot sun and extreme cold,
Earns his blood while making both ends meet,
Determination sweats as salty drops of pure gold,
Sound sleep of content at night does greet,
Hard work embraces the success so sweet !




English quintain
Written June 19th, 2015
For contest by Olive
Theme- success
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Sietesantos Avatar
July 1, 2015 at 9:05 PM
Congratulations, dear Dr. Upma, on your sweet win! Awesome imagery in this inspirational piece! Warmest regards. Pandita
A   Avatar
June 30, 2015 at 6:13 PM
awesome
A  Avatar
June 30, 2015 at 12:10 AM
Dr Upma, this is a nice sweet win *Hugs* SKAT
Callus Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 4:06 PM
A lovely way to tackle this topical poem, Upma. Success is the fruit of hard work. Congratulations on a very fine win. // paul
Fraser Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 3:04 PM
Many congratulations Dr Upma on your placing in Olive's contest, James :) :)
Wigley Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 1:30 PM
Compactly does the job. Well done, Dr. Upma. Viv x
Guillermo - Fraser Avatar
June 28, 2015 at 10:28 AM
Dr. Upma, Short solid lines that deliver much on SWEATS and SWEETS at once! Nicely done! COGRATULATIONS!~Olive Eloisa
Lamoureux Avatar
June 23, 2015 at 8:11 AM
I enjoyed this sweet treat.
A. Sharma Avatar
June 25, 2015 at 2:26 AM
Thnx a lot Richard!
Onclaud Avatar
June 19, 2015 at 9:27 AM
a hard toil is sweetened by fervor.. lovely write, dr.upma..huggs
A. Sharma Avatar
June 25, 2015 at 2:27 AM
Thnx a lot dearie nette!
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