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Comparative Careers 101

     Dietician vs Mortician
       The divide between them’s
          not wide

     Both deal with cold cuts
       One serves ‘em,

Categories: careers, career, death, food, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Empty Skies

This morning’s sunrise was a tacky and artificial affair. 
The sun was played by a weak, 12-watt, refrigerator bulb
that looked wet and heavy as it struggled uphill like a drunk. 
The horizon reminded me of a cheap, runny theatrical illusion,
the clouds were old cotton balls glued to cardboard silhouettes, 
the birds sagged like dead puppets

Categories: careers, boyfriend, desire, hope, humor,
Form: Free verse

Shortening Careers

A frog who could dance up a jig
Went to Nashville to make it big
She set out for the disco
Ended up in some Crisco
Seems it wasn’t that type of gig

Categories: careers, silly,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

I Wish I Was Kidding

Sixth graders have had the unit on careers. I have introduced hundreds of them today.
We have had guest speakers up the yin-yang, and down the other side of the room
I am confident they know about accountants, musicians, retail, yoga, from career day. 
They know about space camp, astronauts, astronomy, bakers, chefs, and things that zoom.

We

Categories: careers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Careers Advice

Be a Teacher - earn not a lot, 
work a lot - be stressed to the 
point you’ll lose your sanity. 
The government will constantly 
try its hardest to deliver new 
and improved stresses to your life.

Be a Dr - eat, drink and live stress. 
Work every single hour of your life 
and burn out

Categories: careers, career,
Form: Free verse

Stand Back World

I am going to be a ballerina, dancing 
Exotically and beautifully,
In a pink tutu, fluffy and frothy
My arms will glitter with
Glitz and sass.

I will be streamlined, with an
Appreciative audience who is
Constantly amazed and
 awed by my flawless performance

And if that doesn’t work out, 
I will be the owner of an orphanage,
Taking in all of the

Categories: careers, woman, work,
Form: Free verse

Careers

I wondered what I’d do If I had chosen a career
Would it have been based on challenge or overcoming fear
I could have been an electrician
Working with plugs and wires and sprockets
Or maybe even a politician
Putting my hands in other peoples pockets
I might have been a mariner
When my ship was moored I’d rig it
Or possibly an

Categories: careers, imagination
Form: Rhyme