Best Overwork Poems
A Big Problem
...Once there was a famous king,
More famous than Ozymandias.
His name was King Wolf.
Sultan was his nickname.
He called himself a benevolent despot;
And his style of government
A ‘democratic di......
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Categories:
overwork, irony, satire, , ozymandias,
Form:
Narrative
Year Zero
...Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge movement, the leader Pol Pot,
Killed twenty-five percent of the population, a fact most people forgot.
To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss,
That was the ......
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Categories:
overwork, conflict, history, people, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Soothing Stress
...With the chalk,
Teachers' hearts knock
Students flock;
Goats, we overstock
And sheep, we unlock!
With our talks,
Teachers' mouths stalk
Lazy students' works,
Discipline the ones that ba......
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Categories:
overwork, appreciation, art, care, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Wonder As a Political Choice
..."Wonder
or radical [polypathic, polycultural] amazement
is a prerequisite for an authentic [ecopolitical] awareness
of that which is;
[regenerative love-rooted v degenerative fear-rooted
message......
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Categories:
overwork, culture, earth, education, environment,
Form:
Political Verse
Waking Cronus
...Tired lids to buckets of endless hours
open cracks and creaks
and cold saps their strength.
Exhaustion gives
and so do lids
for I was not born a god.
As end to time,
results evade.
Exasper......
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Categories:
overwork, children,
Form:
Free verse
Boredom
...Sometimes I feel boredom settling in like dust,
Shrouded in the island of a single thought-
Works to be done and lying unfinished.
There are obligations one cannot wriggle out.
As a......
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Categories:
overwork, anxiety, crazy, work,
Form:
Blank verse
Hang On Lucy
...Whoa back Lucy, hang on to your panties
Ya gots to take care, you're one of the dandies
You're famous, my dear
Had quite a career
But ya better slow down, don't overwork your fanny<>...
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Categories:
overwork, fun,
Form:
Limerick
All That 'I Am' - Revisited
...All That ‘I AM’ - Revisited
Let all that ‘I AM,’ yes, my pulp, seed, and cover,
from dreams long misplaced to the fears, I’m resisting
(though friends think them offal). My eye’s tears from mote......
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Categories:
overwork, art, bible, faith, love,
Form:
Rhyme
What Was the Human Error
...Was it the death of the child,
playing in the busy street,
where traffic frequently exceeds speed limits,
in neighborhoods like this one,
even in summer evenings when children gather
with stick ......
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Categories:
overwork, society,
Form:
Free verse
Slavery's Children
...The lines were blurred for prisoners who slaved
in mines or rowed the heavy wooden ships
for years, while overseen by men depraved,
who tormented and drove with leather whips.
As lines were cro......
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Categories:
overwork, black african american, slavery,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Letter To Me
...Dear self-conscious, enthusiastic, helper girl,
My words of advice to you are to take one day at a time. For even your worst day, is only 24 hours. There are so many times you will feel trapped,......
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Categories:
overwork, age, angel, anti bullying,
Form:
Bio
The Laborer
...Standing outside,
Working in the heat,
Skin charred and brown,
Weathered and leathery.
There toils the laborer.
He’s fixed at a distance,
Huddled with others.
Like warehouse items,
Tools ......
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Categories:
overwork, on work and working,
Form:
Free verse
Inside Your Head
...When I first took up residence,
We were neighbours who kept to ourselves.
But I needed more room
Abundantly provided
Thanks to your unwitting generosity.
That's when your trouble started.
Tho......
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Categories:
overwork, death, health, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Command
...Disclaimer: My account got deleted a few months back so I am reuploading my poem "Command"
Oh honey, you ‘ain't doing it right
We all learn where our place is at home
I guess its my fault for ......
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Categories:
overwork, 10th grade, abuse, anger,
Form:
Free verse
Solitary Horse
...He played in the hills that day,
And in the evening he heard the call to gather,
And he came running,
Eager that he might learn.
He listened to the older horses:
No horse is lucky till dead ........
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Categories:
overwork, angst, animal, horse, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse