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A Woman's Work Is Never Done
"A Woman's Work Is Never Done",
a phrase that's often heard.
There's a lot of truth that's hidden,
just in those few words.

She has to cook and clean...

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Categories: dedication, motherwork, work,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hard Work
I let up the shade, as the sun has gone down
watching evening come in at the end of the day
It brings with it colors of...

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Categories: work, family, grief, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member God Sees the Courageous At Work
Strangers are attacking me; 
ruthless men seek my life—
men without regard for God.  Selah

Psalm 54:3

GOD SEES THE COURAGEOUS AT WORK

Wild-eyed disregard for God —
The...

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Categories: work, abortion, christian, dark, murder,
Form: Free verse



Hard Times
When hard times come they sit a spell,
Like kin folk come to stay
A-packin' troubles, pets an' kids
That always get ‘n your way.
It's drought an' flood,...

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© Jim Fish  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work, cowboy-western, family, funny, life,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Mission Accomplished POTD
I was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.

Days were spent perusing...

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Categories: work, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Who Am I
I am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend

I am the original chosen to be right here...

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© Humble B  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: work, black african american, faith,
Form: Verse



Faith, Trust and Irony
She's dressed in freshly laundered scrubs,
a floral top and pants pale blue.
There for a moment to hand me a gown,
and tell me what to do.

As...

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Categories: caregiving, health, work, me,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Joyless Job
At the window, palms under my chin,
such beauty I see, out the frosted pane,
I was mesmerized, it showed in my grin,
so picture perfect, the snow...

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Categories: work, childhood, humor, jobs, snow,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Response of a Harried Housewife To Her Spouse
“The
children
are always
interrupting.
You never have time
for me,” her husband whined
as he dropped his dirty clothes
right there on the floor by the bed.
Trying not to roll her...

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Categories: wife, work, me,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member One Good Thing
In the late 1970s, I was going home on a Friday evening,
and needed a little more fuel in my truck, 
enough to get back to...

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Categories: life, memory, poverty, work,
Form: Prose
We Worked Long Enough
I laugh out loud
every time I hear a politician say,
that the best way to enrich a black person's life,
is to give them a job
Give them...

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Categories: slavery, society, truth, work,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member I Reminisce, I Miss
I reminisce, I miss....                     ...

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Categories: work, child, computer, fun, old,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Appears I'Ve Disappeared
A lot of acquaintances deemed me lucky, and I knew I was,
For I had a successful life, when all could have been chaos.

I had a...

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Categories: work, art, confusion, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Becoming Colors POTD
I was a celebrated, professional psychic, offering glimpses of rosy future;
And helping people work through problems, like pink moon, come sooner.

I had learnt to talk...

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Categories: work, beautiful, color, dream, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Beauteous Affinity
I was a fashionable interior decorator, beautifying comfortable, loved homes;
And selecting wall paints, fabrics and furniture, like the sparkle of gemstones.

I worked closely with eager...

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Categories: work, beauty, change, color, fantasy,
Form: Couplet

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