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A Vendor's Life

A Vendor's Life

At times, sleepless nights, 
 Filled with worry and fears;
 The life of a vendor 
Means laughter and tears.

Patience and perseverence
 Are essential and soon learned.
An exceptional ability to 
Try again once burned.

Defeat's not an option;
 There's a desire to impress.
Gifted with talents,
And a need to express.

Optimism abounds,
As doubts are chased away;
No time for such thoughts
In a vendor's busy day.

Each day another chance
To attain a new goal.
It seems a vendor's life 
Is in the heart and soul.

With so much at stake
so what is the lure?
There's just nothing quite like
being an entrepeneur.

By Lisa Webb
© Lisa Webb  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Self-Employed

Star-dash cars now zip along the street,
Winking into town,
Awerving like party-colored leaves
Surfing the wind.

Everyone's going going going SOMEwhere!
Gone.  Here?  Yes!
Straight to the top!
Another perfect day
For another perfect dollar!

Mine!  I have nade it!
Now send up flowers
And sky-hearted piano players!
I want clouds to break,
And stars to take,
With craft ever true up-soaring!
Sky, sun, time----won!
Won for the President
Of company ME!

Am I too bold, too free, too loud?
Just wait till I'm more proud!
No, I can't be quiet.
Love, come now, with me, all night!

Quintet Words Employed For Peace

Today, strum music rifts!
Sound, alive, dance, enjoy!
Today feels happy, lifts
you're poems final envoi.
Shush, quiet, sound shift.

Quite clear, noted cants!
Heard... monks arise... chant!

Folks enjoy life's short
trips, learn, catch today,
stark facts ensue...  abort...
you're final peace... delay!
Fears you'll often court!

Quite clear, noted cants!
Heard... monks arise... chant!
Peace stops hates' rants!
Truth, allow... makes peace.
Order hates... cease!

Quite clear, noted cants!
Heard... monks arise... chant!
PEACE
Form: Rhyme


The Taxman Cometh - the Lament of the Self Employed

His knees shake, he's feeling weak
His hands tremble and he cannot speak
He got an email early afternoon 
It's tax time again - it's much too soon 

His accountant queries things long past 
But his filing system is not up to task 
Bits of paper cover the floor 
As he prints reports by the score 

He can't remember, his mind won't budge 
What he's declared and what he's fudged 
IRD is breathing down his neck 
Wanting answers now - he is a wreck! 

Interest is charged,  he is aghast 
Late paid penalties are mounting fast
A refund due would be as nice as pie 
But it's more likely pigs can fly 

Complex tax rules blow his mind.... 
It's a bloody stressful taxing time
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Stuntman

There're a lot of
Strange, funny and weird stories 
It's common to be employed as a stuntman in acting 
But not to be employed for something evils
But not to be employed as a scapegoat
Maybe a ghost is looking for a substitute
But it's certainly ridiculous
To look for a stand-in for sickness
To look for a stuntman for your fate
Similarly, never take for granted
Never ask for a stuntman in your prayer
Because God has had been a "stuntman" 
To die for all mankind on the cross
Didn't you remember
So don't ask for a "stuntman" any more
So don't blame God any more

Avoid Being Employed That Us Annoyed

Avoid Being Employed that Us Annoyed

being employed
we were always annoyed
when they would avoid

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


As Unique Design Is Notably Employed

H-eavenly
A-crostic
N-ote
N-icely
A-pplies

C-omforting
L-ine
A-s
U-nique
D-esign
I-s
N-otably
E-mployed

D-elightfully
O-pening
M-ind
I-n
N-oble
G-reeting's
O-bjective

Topic: Birthday of Hanna Claudine Domingo (November 02) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

Self Employed

I don't get paid by the hour, 
I'm employed by a higher power, 
Blooming like a flower, 
Opening up to empower, 
It was never about the dollar, 
As I shower my world with wisdom, 
Breaking apart the old system, 
Abundance comes in with them, 
Taught to condemn ourselves, 
We keep dreams on shelves, 
As we delve into endeavors, 
Just to make us feel better, 
Work going on forever, 
Now looking for pleasure, 
Release the pressure, 
You are the treasure, 
Worthy of your measure, 
Grab the tether and pull, 
Until your cup gets full.
Form: Rhyme

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