Hope Jobs Poems

I've toiled in shadows, my hands calloused and worn,
Laboring silently, my spirit tattered and torn.
For the promise of pennies, I've bent my back low,
While the...

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Written 28 April 2024

“Genius begins great works. Labour alone finishes them.”
          Joseph Joubert

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There by the table, a rock did lay,
a silent companion, come what it may.
I had made a deal, so clear and true-
Stabile would clean, while...

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AMSTERDAM CATCH

I stand here and watch as the men unload
Herring, fresh from the North Sea morning catch
Here on this cobbled path I can now see
That...

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Folks who make life out of Vetch,
For their farms heading on ketch,
Their future they sometimes sketch;
None thinks he’s the truest wretch,
For labor does some hope...

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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...

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I could be a rainbow,
I could be a tree,
I could be a model come and look at me.

I could be a star burning bright,
I could...

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Before beginning every task
Carefully study your potential
Don't underestimate your talent
Only if you try, you will achieve

When you are in fear's grip
Your brave mind is clouded
Let...

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Work

I tap and I fiddle
I type and reply
For people-machines;
Have developed an eye

I make and repair
I schmooze and I laugh
There's a time I have made
The occasional...

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I find people as a whole are very judgmental,                ...

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I have found that to grow
in the maze of life
you need more
than what, you are told

simply because, to know,
what, you need to know
is more, than...

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Today or Yesterday

Today the gas price is over 5.00. 
We struggle now to decide what to pay? 
The food bill, 
the rent bill, 
or the...

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Growing up, remember the sinister kid
   who wanted to be a mortician
Or the reserved young lady
   who hoped to be a...

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Alphabet learned
Before school
Counting too
Doing homework
Everyday
Frustrations
Guided
Her
Imagination
Jump rope
Kicked and
Laughed
Mostly
Night dreams
On to
Prom
Queen crowned
Rest some
Summer is here
Tomorrow
U
Visit jobs
Working now
X-raying bones
Ya-hoo I made it
Zoom through life.

 

Date Written:5/20/022...

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The customers ~ are always right so don't argue with them.
 

 

Date Written: 5/8/2022...

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