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Best Lay Off Poems

Below are the all-time best Lay Off poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lay off poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Doctor Said
An apple every day, he said to me.
Berries too, for your recovery.

Can I have just one small slice of pie?

Doctor nearly glared into my eye!
Even...

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Categories: lay off, cancer, food,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Poet Destroyer
First off Destroyer, you should thank me.
The fact that I've titled this in honor of you is going to bring you much notoriety,
not to mention...

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Categories: lay off, me, slam, day, me,
Form: Free verse
Constipation
It was constipation, you know
                    ...

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Categories: lay off, food, fun, humor, parody,
Form: Lyric
The Cookie Monster
The Cookie Monster

I’m so determined this time.
Nothing can stand in my way.
I’ll lay off the chocolate and wine,
And lose all this weight I have gained.

I’ll...

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Categories: lay off, chocolate, woman, women,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Dear Younger Me
Dear younger me,
There are some things that I would say
to help you out along the way:
mistakes I’ve made and deep regrets,
things I would change you’ve...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lay off, future,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Cow With a Green Eyebrow
Did you ever see a cow with a green eyebrow

If you did, you'd best lay off the hooch

Hooch in moderation is acceptable

But if you see...

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Categories: lay off, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ghosts of South Dakota Part 2
The surrounding grounds were prairie grasses and brush.  Trees were 
scattered along the west boundary while the eastern area was furnished with a 
heavier...

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Categories: lay off, inspirational, life, love, school,
Form: Prose Poetry
Talking Scales
Fin, a comical inventor of renown,
Latest invention had caused such a frown,
His talking chemist scale
Made many people turn pale,
Just after putting their coin down.

"Don't park...

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Categories: lay off, hilarious,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Magic Bean Locks
ST. Paddy Day today. I'm wearing my green, and I celebrate with my 100th poem posted 
since coming here before Xmas! and I will probably...

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Categories: lay off, funnyhair,
Form: Limerick
Santa Is Sick
The year without Santa has a special twist,
He caught a cold from giving a kiss.
He coughed and sneezed,
Cussed his runny nose,
He put on wool socks...

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© Craig Munn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lay off, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Music of the Gaspe
The Gaspe Peninsula dancing to music only she can hear,
            She starts in the...

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Categories: lay off, dance, nature, travel,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Day Late and a Buck Short
Wanting what I can’t have,
That seems to be my M.O.,
Why I keep doing it I’ll never know,
You’d think I’d understand that I can’t have it;

(Yeah...

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Categories: lay off, angst, confusion, life, me,
Form: Free verse
The Ballad of Arthur and Mandy
A tribute to the late, great Victoria Wood x

Arthur and Mandy sat one night
When he gave her a dreadful fright
Ripped off his jumper revealed his...

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Categories: lay off, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Piggles
The magic word for today is “giggle'
Just think of all the cute little piggles
With curly tails
And painted nails
OOOEW! Better lay off the Kibbles...

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Categories: lay off, silly, , cute,
Form: Limerick
Blue Moon
Once in a blue moon
The stars align my way
It always starts out looking
Like it’s going to be my day

I thought I’d take a picture
And then...

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Categories: lay off, blue, humor, irony,
Form: Ballad

Book: Shattered Sighs