Best All Work No Play Poems
Below are the all-time best All Work No Play poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of all work no play poems written by PoetrySoup members
That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right NowI 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
Summer Love SonnetWhat'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
Peacocks and PredatorsThe 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 YoungWhen 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 SkiesLooked 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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Categories:
all work no play, angst, betrayal, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Lyric
How Old Are YouCount 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
Categories:
all work no play, boy, boyfriend, happy, love,
Form:
Lyric
So Words BecomeSo 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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Categories:
all work no play, allegory, allusion, death, introspection,
Form:
Quatrain
Andrea's a DevilThat 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
Yesterday, Today and TomorrowYesterday’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
AbandonedThe 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 DreamOnce 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
I WriteI 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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Categories:
all work no play, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Will He Sleep TonightShe'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
Life Is Full of PromisesMan’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