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Best Laborers Poems

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These Hands, These Hands
These Hands, These Hands

I have seen hands like this before
In every size and color
Hands that are parched and withered
Strong hands, tired hands
Hands that can bear...

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Categories: laborers, giving, humanity, imagery, life,
Form: Free verse



Winners and Losers
Are winners defined by prowess
In business or in sport
Or by intellectual power 
Backed by academic report?

Is losing determined 
By lack of financial wealth
In lieu of...

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Categories: laborers, black african american, destiny,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Ramblings Inside a Door
Somehow in the late of nighttime,
a wooden door's front lantern brings
me to a table where strangers 
from a distant tavern grow more animated 
with a...

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Categories: laborers, people, places, voice,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Harvest Is Plenteous
The Harvest Is Plenteous*
Written: by Miracle Man
1-9-2020

In chasing filthy lucre, notoriety, or fame,
We allow these to take us out of God’s game.
We accumulate earthly goods,...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: laborers, god, heaven, life,
Form: Rhyme
Love For Great and Small
LOVE FOR GREAT OR SMALL

Many eons ago, in minds far superior to ours
from a past Man never knew the earth became habitable 
before the savage...

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Categories: laborers, love,
Form: Free verse



Mid-Summer Rain
Mid-Summer Rain

The warm sun rises
to take the fleeting life
of the morning dew.

The blazing sun makes
the red horizon laugh
by spreading its
dazzling white radiance.

The sizzling sun bathes
the...

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Categories: laborers, environment, may, nature, rain,
Form: Free verse
Understaffed
Every place is understaffed
So managers are trying
To hire more workers, but it seems
That no one is applying.

Economists are mystified
For this is something new
And experts all...

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Categories: laborers, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Laborer's Shovel Journey
AN OLD SHOVEL Poetry Contest                    ...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: laborers, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Jesus on a Unicycle

We do not see Jesus on a float,
in the big Thanksgiving Day parade.
Nor in a shopping mall handing out,
cheap Toys that child laborers have made.

You...

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Categories: laborers, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
About My Father - Albin - Who Has Passed Away - So Proud of You Dad - Greatest Labor Leader Ever
The following is about my beloved father Albin J. Gruhn who passed away at the age of 94 years young. I Love You Dad and...

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Categories: laborers, father, hero, leadership, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Help Needed
Rows neatly planted
Running east to west 

Then a field of wheat
Ready for harvest
Golden is the grain

All the plants look alike
Not a weed did I see
For...

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Categories: laborers, inspirational, introspection, life
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A School Maths Tutorial
O.K., let’s see where you are with your math, 
Which areas do we need to work through.
Algebra, space, number, or measurement, 
Which topic do you...

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Categories: laborers, humor, math, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Soldiers of the Cross
Hated by many, not favored by all
Nevertheless, we must answer the call
Standing on the front lines, weary and worn
Battle scars evident,  from a world...

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Categories: laborers, christian, conflict, faith, gospel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rachab of Jericho
Deliberately inching its way toward break of day,
The morning sun begins to emblazon the barley field.
Relaxing and watching the orb find its way,
The lady of...

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Categories: laborers, faith, happiness, history, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - Halloween Zombies -
Passed the old church at midnight
Night time dark, damp and windy
Thoughts about coming home to a warm bed
Hear sounds from the bushes and trees
Glimpsing human...

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Categories: laborers, halloween,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs