Best Job For Life Poems
Below are the all-time best Job For Life poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of job for life poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Job For LifeA job that's appointed for life
Is bound to cause some people strife
For over the years
Annoyance...
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Categories:
job for life, jobs,
Form:
Limerick
Corporate ControlI always feel hungry
yet dare not complain
it may set a precedent,
believing I am the fodder
the factory keeps feeding on my
infinite illusions.
The Radio talkback show tells...
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Categories:
job for life, angst, power,
Form:
Free verse
On Her Way To No Where TownShe wandered into the prissy bathroom hating it for its prettiness.
There were all kinds of trinkets and knickknacks
She reached for two, and threw them onto...
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Categories:
job for life, depression,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Troy and TrinityLearning disabled, hopelessly unemployed
Troy can't write the address for his next interview.
Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.
His girlfriend, Trinity, also unemployed,
with one child...
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Categories:
job for life, angel, baby, city, education,
Form:
Free verse
ChopsticksA chopstick is just a utensil.
But a chopstick can
trigger that
uncontrollable laughter
and smiles at the dinner table.
When one snaps, we chuckle.
When someone can’t use them properly,
we...
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Categories:
job for life, character, desire, hope, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
The Feeling of AnxietyScared of what? I can't say
I got to go, have to getaway
Heart begins to thump, to race wild
Feeling frightened, alike a child...
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Categories:
job for life, angst, anxiety, dark, depression,
Form:
Imagism
If My Dream Could Come True...Winner In Carol Brown's Contest By the Same NameI would build a center for learning,
Working title: Community Wellspring
Where people would come to learn new skills and new ways
To earn a living in these...
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Categories:
job for life, business, computer-internet, education, on
Form:
Free verse
A Pocketful of DreamsI’ve got a pocketful of dreams
And very little else
What I have I give to others
And keep nothing to myself
I spread myself too thin
And tire...
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Categories:
job for life, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Corporate Annual AssessmentI always feel hungry
yet I dare not scoff
it may set a precedent.
(“My TV’s begging for Africa again!”)
Yet! I believe I am the fodder
everyone keeps feeding...
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Categories:
job for life, work,
Form:
Free verse
Lonesome CowboyI heard tell some folks think cowboys built the West.
The only thing I know for sure is I always did my best
to give a man...
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Categories:
job for life, horse, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Should I Stay Or Should I GoOpportunity presents
Exciting turn of events
New job, new life, it makes sense
Toughest question that I know
Should I stay or should I go
My mind pulls me to...
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Categories:
job for life, career, conflict, leaving, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Peace On EarthDriving through this neighborhood
Of boarded houses, nothing good
A scary feeling wraps me tight
I shouldn't be here late at night
My brother called,...
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Categories:
job for life, brother, peace, me, peace,
Form:
Ballad
Behind the Pyramid With Ra and NutLet’s just call each other Ra and Nut ok?
No need to be formal here behind...
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Categories:
job for life, funny, god, me, blue,
Form:
Prose Poetry
On the ----Ng Over of Chelsea Welch: Part Iinow…what does a “pastor” do?
hmmm…a “pastor” reads to a flock of sheep from a work of
fiction, much like a mother might read to a small...
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Categories:
job for life, life, work, work,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
job for life, humor, work,
Form:
Free verse