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Bricklayers Poems - Poems about Bricklayers

How Many Poets Did I Know Growing Up

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  How many poets did I know growing up

   I knew doctors, lawyers and bricklayers
   Teachers, bookkeepers, naysayers
   Local politicians and crossing guards
   ‘Handicapped’ people, we call...

Categories: bricklayers, growing up, humor, irony,
Form: Couplet

Future of a Gnostic World

...Light shining through stained glass windows 
Rainbows tearing light from worldly shadows 
From the windows of aeons
With Valentinus and Seth as icons  
Banners of the sayings of Christ
From the ...

Categories: bricklayers, future, hope, humanity, religious,
Form: Rhyme

A Morsel

...A MORSEL
This is a sweet  bitter morsel
It is very  bitter and sweet 
It is sweet as honey
And bitter as bile
A morsel  of  boneless 
But harder than skull
A morsel of honour
Likewise a morse...

Categories: bricklayers, art,
Form: Pastoral

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Young Spoils of the Forest

...Covered with green wigs.
They are ebony like me.

I saw barely through it,
The forest shields her nakedness.
By disputing others.

An infinite haven of music.
From the sluggish rivers;
I cou...

Categories: bricklayers, city, feelings, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Numpty Trumpty - Parody of Humpty Dumpty

...Numpty Trumpty plans to build a brick wall
Will it be his election downfall
As all the bricklayers and all the tradesmen
Have vowed not to lay a brick ever again!

05~19~17

Categories: bricklayers, america, political, satire,
Form: Rhyme

Equal Rights For Men

...As Women now have more power and rightly now have a voice
In the western world there are many more opportunities
Than there used to be and so much choice.

While men are today unashamedly in touc...

Categories: bricklayers, conflict, men, power, woman,
Form: Free verse

Three Bricklayers

...Three hard-working bricklayers were once asked what they were doing.
Their replies said a lot about them and the goal that each was pursuing!

The first answered, "Well, I am laying bricks, as you...

Categories: bricklayers, uplifting, work,
Form: Couplet

The Original Dogsbody!

...I WAS ONLY A BRICKLAYERS HELPER,
WHO GOT TO KNOW TOO MUCH.
SO I WANDERED INTO THE DESERT,
AND BEGAN TO BUILD WITH MY TOUCH.

A SECRET CHAMBER THAT WOULD HOLD A KEY.
MY APPRENTICES WERE BAFFLED!...

Categories: bricklayers, children,
Form: Ballad