Best Laid Off Poems
Below are the all-time best Laid Off poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of laid off poems written by PoetrySoup members
Cultural EventsArt Gallery. Museum. Parks. Zoo.
Cultural Events.
Glazed like raku pottery
In charcoal rainbows warbled all dark
On pidgeon necks
Like hell’s angels, dumbed,
Blowing smoke through your mind
In a haze...
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Categories:
laid off, urbancity, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Begging Change From SocietyThe busted fire hydrant on the corner sprays water down like rain.
Water gushes down the dirty gutter, relieving this humid pain.
Sipping iced tea in their...
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Categories:
laid off, life, people, social, urban
Form:
Rhyme
Santa's Seeing Red-------------------------------------------------------------
Santa’s Seeing Red
Late one evening up at the pole
Santa was watching TV
He shook his head as he started for bed
After seeing how people could be
All...
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Categories:
laid off, anger, christmas, conflict, dark,
Form:
Lyric
The Rich Get RicherSo many crooks like old Madoff
From trusting folks they get paid off
The economy fell
Yet their pockets still swell
and as for me, I am laid...
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Categories:
laid off, political
Form:
Limerick
Exhibitionist (On Purpose)Showing off the ultimate bathing fright,
worked all winter preparing a delight.
Laid off the usual beer,
summer now finally here.
His Speedo package outrageous and tight!
*For the battle...
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Categories:
laid off, funny, satire
Form:
Limerick
It Was YouIt was you from the moment I seen you.
I knew in my heart I would be the one to rescue you, but in the end...
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Categories:
laid off, cute love, devotion, first
Form:
Light Verse
Praying For Homeless HelpWith no shoes upon her feet
She searches for food to eat
In garbage cans and dumpsters too
Each day trying to get through
The brutal winter that’s ahead
Praying...
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Categories:
laid off, family, hope, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
laid off, allah,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
A Mans PrideMen strive to be the
Best providers for their families
But it's a tough job when
There's many mouths to feed
Men are good role models
And excellent father...
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Categories:
laid off, upliftingpain,
Form:
Rhyme
Curve Balls --Re-Posted In Paragraph FormWhen I was ten I went to England with my mother and younger sister. It was the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. For
Monarchists, you’ll know...
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Categories:
laid off, lifesister, cry, mother, sister,
Form:
Narrative
RecessionR--Resigned or laid-off from work?
E--Every wish and prayer dedicated to job search;
C--Chopping unnecessary expenses,
S--Saving money for priotized spending__
S--Surviving the financial meltdown,
I--It was not easy...
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Categories:
laid off, inspirational, loss, sad, uplifting,
Form:
Acrostic
Categories:
laid off, anger, black african american,
Form:
Epic
Can You Praise God When Things Go Wrong?It's easy to praise
When you get that raise,
Can you praise when things go wrong?
You just lost your car
Your job is real far,
How will you sing...
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Categories:
laid off, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Changes“Mr. Edwards please make your way to the managers office,”
James could picture her pimply face as she expressed each syllable from her orifice.
The twenty that...
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Categories:
laid off, life, work
Form:
Rhyme
Curve BallsWhen I was ten I went to England
with my mother and younger sister.
It was the Queen's Silver Jubilee. For Monarchists,
you’ll know...
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Categories:
laid off, lifefather, sister, cry, father,
Form:
Narrative