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Cutbacks Poems - Poems about Cutbacks


Premium Member Picking At Scabs
... Written April 11, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by Edward Ibeh Quote: 1/ “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ? Rumi 2/ "Many times we pick at the bitt......

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Categories: cutbacks, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Scenes From The First Snow Storm of 2024
...The mayor out to save a few bucks dragged his feet declaring a snow emergency. The sanitation department decided it was time to begin a work slowdown protesting cutbacks made to their departme......

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Categories: cutbacks, weather,
Form: Free verse



Mc1r Mutation Station 1: the Factory
...At the MC1R Mutation Station Like everywhere else, we’re fighting inflation This economy sure does take it’s tolls A few cutbacks, but within regulation Just to meet our minimum sales goals ......

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Categories: cutbacks, funny, humorous,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member She Arose
...She arose… A phoenix out of a pile of ashes… Out of abandonment Out of hardships and constraints Out of depression and sadness She arose… Out of cutbacks and setbacks Taking to the sky, loo......

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Categories: cutbacks, confidence, courage, endurance, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Wrinkles
...Winter wrinkles, showing the signs of age, but under all that snow, it's tough to gauge. Although Spring showers are mostly sprinkles, showing the signs of age, Winter wrinkles. Robin R......

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Categories: cutbacks, 10th grade, anxiety, change,
Form: Quatrain



Epitaph
...Put me in a binbag When I pass away I really don’t mind at all ‘Cos where I’m put I’’ll stay They come on Thursday morning you know In their Phoenix truck So throw me up in the back I’ll be ......

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Categories: cutbacks, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Flicker of Hope
...The abyss so deep so profound It didn't thwart our efforts It made us strong of mind Gave us a sense of unity To see thru the light At the end of this endless Tunnel this is today,but yesterda......

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Categories: cutbacks, america, dedication, new york,
Form: Narrative
Toting Guns
...TOTING GUNS There is something Visceral About a gun Urban Fright In the dead of night Sends panic through the Wayward driver Working too late On the edgy side of town where black of night ignites d......

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Categories: cutbacks, adventure, life, drug,
Form: Free verse
In the Spirit of Christmas
...Merry Christmas to you, Uncle Sam Leaving the jobless with hat in hand Congress on a Yuletide roll Brought an end to public dole -- They’re cooking their goose, not Christmas ham ......

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Categories: cutbacks, christmas,
Form: Limerick
Cutbacks Are Bleeding....
...Melancholy dreams, fourth quarter fiscal year end wishful thinking tears... Hegemony egemon the son of satan, mammon chaotic hav......

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Categories: cutbacks, business, political
Form: Senryu
A Thank You To the Nurse
...A rhyming thank you written in verse To the wonderful women and men who work as a nurse They do so much more than just first aid Considering their responsibility they should be better paid They......

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Categories: cutbacks, health, sister, social, work,
Form: Rhyme

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