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Best Occupation Poems

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Premium Member The Loss of the Andrea Gail
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in...

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Categories: occupation, america, death, fishing, ocean,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Jan Allison
I am from Great Britain  – it’s not a rumour
I always try to write with a sense of humour

In 1996 we moved to live...

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Categories: occupation, mum,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Jallianwala Bagh
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...

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Categories: occupation, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication Series
Note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley,  Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation	Poet, dramatist,...

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Categories: occupation, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Inhuman Malice

A father of six he was in his early forties,
struck by cancer
toiling to provide for his children
with
no property
no land
no animals, but a loyal old donkey
that...

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Categories: occupation, evil, world,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Ludix-Rym -Five Decades An Adult
My first ten years (or childhood), I'd say were pretty great.
although my confidence could easily deflate.
To be a teen - For this I could not...

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Categories: occupation, life,
Form: Rhyme
Wall Street
Set upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth....

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Categories: occupation, political, slam, social, war,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul of An Angel, Life of a Moonshiner
He served as a deacon in his church and was as pious as they come.
(But on the side, he sold whiskey from a thirty-gallon drum!)
He...

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Categories: occupation, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Battle of the Sexes
battle of the sexes


~~MONA LISA SMILE
Picture Oil painting worthwhile 
Leonardo DA Vinci, look out!
What is she really smiling about?

(((The popularity of the Mona Lisa increased...

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Categories: occupation, funny, history, me,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Lili Marlene
Lili Marlene

In times of war, love can subdue cynical adversaries
(Men separated from their vocation, now filled with hatred)
And quell the beast inside their misdirected hearts,
And...

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Categories: occupation, history, memorial day, remembrance
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Poet Frost
2014 Robert Frost Poetry Contest

I am proud to announce once again
I have had the honor and privilege,        ...

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Categories: occupation, inspiration, poetry, poets, write,
Form: Rhyme
He's a Carpenter
Surrounded by various profession
Business, medicine, soldiership and education
It's heaven-sent and planned  for Him to labour
To work manually with strength and effort
True hardships; entails a...

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Categories: occupation, career, christian, creation, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Once Upon a Time
I was born on the closing days of
The second World War  
In a small village of north-west of Greece
Up on the mountains.

The country was...

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Categories: occupation, age, life, nature, technology,
Form: Bio
Back To School
Time has now come for the teacher in me
To embark upon a new school journey
Thrilled to cuddle my twin fascination
A vocation not an occupation
Tempted by...

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Categories: occupation, beauty, education, heart, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Les Demineurs
En France, les demineurs
still search the fields
removing shells, 
grenades and bombs
of two World Wars

Would that we had the same 
for affairs of the human heart
to...

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Categories: occupation, remember,
Form: Free verse

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