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Best All Work No Play Poems

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Premium Member That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now
I think no stimulus could be
as potent as the one to pee.
A feeling frequent and innate
is this - the urge to urinate.
It comes each day...

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Categories: all work no play, home,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Summer Love Sonnet
What's not to love about a summer day?
Kissed by the sun, the warmth of its embrace
To feel the cleanse from sweat at work and play
While...

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Categories: all work no play, appreciation, nature, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Peacocks and Predators
The raptor and the peacock hence,
Sit pensive on a rambling fence.
The first, inclined to be the host,
Jumped down to claim the nearest post.
The pea averse...

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Categories: all work no play, animal, identity,
Form: Imagism
When She Was Young
When She Was Young
When she was young she would sleep 
holding her dreams in her hand next 
to her heart to protect them from being...

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Categories: all work no play, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Cloudless Skies
Looked out my window this morning
Damn.. another cloudy day
Falling further and further behind 
This life's become all work, no play
Where the Corporation is heaven
Our CEO...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: all work no play, angst, betrayal, conflict, confusion,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member How Old Are You
Count not the time you have lived including today,
Not by the clock, in whose time you did love, work and play.
Count the times the joy...

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Categories: all work no play, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member And We'Re Gay
We run, we jump, we cry, we laugh, 
     We sit, we stand, we're weak, we're tough,
    ...

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Categories: all work no play, boy, boyfriend, happy, love,
Form: Lyric
So Words Become
So words become; the order of the day
and order of the day becomes
the soldiered meaning of all work and play,
the ever present, beating drums.

Then words...

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© Tom Hitt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: all work no play, allegory, allusion, death, introspection,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Andrea's a Devil
That Andrea’s a devil.
Would you ever guess
a pointed tail lies well-hid
underneath her dress?

And don’t you know it’s with red
that she paints her hair?
(Camouflage for two...

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Categories: all work no play, funny
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Yesterday’s a Golden Urn that holds
The nectar of life’s fruits, both sweet and sour,
Devoured and gone. Let memory recall
The varied tastes enjoyed then stored away
Within...

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Categories: all work no play, inspirational, life, metaphor,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Abandoned
The lush fishing village of Kaloo-Nong
Rich with folklore, dance, and song
Natives thrive in work and play
Through joy and sorrow, day by day

When young Tahina feels...

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Categories: all work no play, depression, lost,
Form: Narrative
A Dream
Once upon a time, a dream was a dream.
locked up in my mind, left cold and unseen.
Years have passed many a moon,
night-n-gales whistled many a...

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Categories: all work no play, inspirational, uplifting, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Write
I write about the things I know,
The things that give me pleasure.
I write about the things I love,
About the things I treasure.

I write about what...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: all work no play, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Where Will He Sleep Tonight
She's tucked in bed of floral white
To mommy's hand, she holds on tight
No hunger pangs disrupt her night
In dreams she sees candied delight 

He finds...

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Categories: all work no play, child, pain, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life Is Full of Promises
Man’s promises are spoken, kept,
and broken every day
by sweethearts, friends and family,
by those at work and play.

They’re made by those who think ahead
and those who...

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Categories: all work no play, faith,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs