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Best Boss Poems

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Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...

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© Jim Fish  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boss, cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



Premium Member A Drunk Drivers Guilt
I drove home from a party one winters night
I'd had quite a few drinks but I felt alright
It was pouring rain as I approached our...

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Categories: boss, car, death, drink, family,
Form: Narrative
Dear Ex
Dear Ex,

I know you and I had our differences.
We were always finding new ways to say I loathe you.

It was my blameworthiness that allowed the...

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Categories: boss, life, recovery from...rain, rain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hope
In this day and age, when happy seems vacant
Where people’s hopes appear forever distant,
It’s the little things that see you through the day
Often it seems,...

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Categories: boss, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Generous Bard
(The Merry Adventures of Robin Good)

Sherwood's Forest legendary, leading man 
up, down, tricking eggs between branches
slender, slander, his voice is growing thinner
twisting, turning heads 50...

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Categories: boss, abuse, character, community, corruption,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member A Well-Appointed Cowpoke
A well-appointed cowpoke, of whom there are still a few,
Wanted to be properly clad for his first job interview.
So, to impress his potential and somewhat...

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Categories: boss, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Death My Pal
Death,
An old friend, as old as life,
We met soon after my birth 
He liked to play games with me 
“Be ready,” he said. “I am...

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Categories: boss, death, fear, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member I Heard Mother
I Heard Mother
(to tune of "I Saw Mother Kissing Santa Clause")

I heard Mother scolding Santa's elf
As I prowled the house on Christmas Eve.
He'd hid in...

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Categories: boss,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Gypsy Guy
Well, Gypsy Guy would rather die than hunker down in chains,

be ridden south with bit in mouth, or heed the hold of reins.



The ruling lot...

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Categories: boss, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bill and Ted's Excellent Conversation - A Message for 2024
*To fully appreciate this a person would have to be at least somewhat familiar with the movie: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

"Dude, here's a heads...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: boss, hope, love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Rum N Raisin 4 - Homer Lone
Rum was feeling playful so he went to find a mouse
He looked in every nook and cranny right throughout the house
But all the mice were...

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Categories: boss, animal, cat,
Form: Narrative
Confessions of a Terrorist...
Behind the dark walls of the prison,
Hiding my face from all in my vision,
Abandoned by my bosses,the terror leads,
I wait to be hanged for my...

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Categories: boss, death, forgiveness, lifeme, allah,
Form: Rhyme
He's Just a Dog
He’s just a dog, a mongrel pup that fitted in me hand,
short haired, tan and white, with needs of high demand,
he’s whingy and he’s whiny,...

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Categories: boss, animal, dog, trust, mum,
Form: Rhyme
Two Trees: Mr Oak and Mr Bamboo
"Two Trees:  Mr. Oak And Mr. Bamboo"


A terrible wind storm was approaching and blowing everything out of it's path!
NOTHING....not one thing at all, could...

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Categories: boss, image, philosophy, storm, tree,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Dadgumitrefereeism
Football coach Bobby Bowden was never one to cuss
But refs make mistakes and coaches have a right to fuss

“St. Bowden” as he was lovingly called...

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Categories: boss, funny, sportsgod, god,
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs