Dawn’s creep arrives unnoticed,
camouflaged by dense fog.
Stressed trees,
shed leaves prematurely on this Labor Day,
and in the driveway, I hear Doves enjoying,
their menu for today.
A holiday breakfast of smashed Acorns,
courtesy of our car tires.
This breakfast is served up annualy
by an Oak Tree I planted fifty + years ago.
Forecast is for scattered showers,
but it won’t matter, no cookout planned.
I’ll do what I’m doing and sip cooling coffee
from my favorite “published poet” mug.
It won’t be Myleopathy,
C.K.D., C.H.D that kills me,
It will be all this excitement!!!
Jesus Loves Us!
Categories:
labor day, autumn, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Evermore under the moon’s peaceable
beaming,
are the dreams of the day’s laborers ~
Categories:
labor day, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
To hands that toil from dawn till night,
In sun's harsh blaze or fading light,
You build the world we proudly see,
With silent strength and dignity.
You mend the roads, you sow the land,
With weathered skin and calloused hands.
Your sweat is ink on history's page,
Your spirit—brave, no gilded cage.
No marble hall, no silver throne,
Can stand without the stone you've thrown.
Each brick you lay, each crop you tend,
Is proof of love that doesn't bend.
You are the heart, the pulse, the flame,
Too long unsung, too often unnamed.
But on this day, we lift you high,
Beneath the flag, beneath the sky.
May justice walk where you have led,
May fair reward meet daily bread.
The world may rest, the rich may play,
Because you rise each breaking day.
For all you've given, all you've done,
For battles lost and victories won,
We thank you now with humbled grace;
The world is better for your place.
Categories:
labor day, appreciation, beautiful, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Another test to prove -
if its true that distance is shorter
to mom's house than mine?
And witness -
how belted-in kids can still spin up reasons
to fight and bite;
or explore why -
at least one kid gets sick
so quickly at the start of the trip;
and rehearse our scripts
on what to say or not say to the in-laws;
all this to the cadence of thump-thump-thump
of the concrete freeway;
And yet still discover happiness -
is a sizzling steak as big as a plate,
is a steaming cup of coffee,
a moment's peace, a blissful
pause at a truck stop,
where time and miles -
don't exist.
Categories:
labor day, family, nostalgia, vacation,
Form: Free verse
September falls within the best of times.
Elections nearing, campaigns underway;
Predictions, weather-wise for cooler climes.
Thus teachers, teens and toddlers break from play
Ere education calls their minds to grind.
Men have endorsed re-naming Labor Day;
But that’s September’s summons of a kind
Enlight’ning us of work that must go on
Regardless of what holiday we find.
Fall features color when the green is gone
And orange, yellow, red and brown have blessed.
Load up those fruits and walnuts and pecans;
Leave acorns for the squirrels building nests.
September brings to time its very best.
Categories:
labor day, 11th grade, autumn, color,
Form: Acrostic
On Labor Day, some stores are closed
And many catch a break
By getting paid for staying home,
No penalty at stake.
I guess it’s kind of strange
That this time off’s a welcome perk
For a day that honors workers –
That is irony at work.
But there always are some laborers
Who never get to stop,
Which includes those gals in labor
Who are just about to pop.
Categories:
labor day, today,
Form: Rhyme
Fallen star
In my dark
I needed someone to love me; who dies for it in the same way
I had given up on love
I had given up on trust
I had given up on sorrow, pulling me downward and away
You wouldn't allow me to dry into dust
You wouldn't allow me to be, waste thereof
You wouldn't let misery go on for another labor day
Now I'm forever changed because you decided you want to stay
You did not leave me be a decaying metal to simply rust
You became an anodized coating, protecting my heart hereof
With love in this vessel where you belong and will forever stay
Categories:
labor day, appreciation, devotion, emotions, for
Form: Rhyme
rested and busy hold hands - satisfied by laborious shower
Categories:
labor day, metaphor,
Form: Monoku
Is man but a workhorse
to be slowly ground to death
To slice his limbs to ribbons
on a slaughterhouse machine
To breathe in sewer muck and mire
or hurl on tractor-trailers never-ending tires
To toil in anonymity on a thankless assembly line
or inhale the toxic fumes of an Appalachian coal mine…
Young man, learn a skilled trade or train for a profession
Life does not have to be misery and depression
Categories:
labor day, depression, hope, horse, men,
Form: Couplet
no sounding alarm
his workboots off laborer sleeps
respite this morn
Categories:
labor day, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
In the realm of labor, where workers toil,
Their sweat and tears upon the soil,
On Labor Day, we honor those
Whose hard work and dedication shows.
From fields of grain to towering skyscrapers,
They build our world, these labor shapers,
With hands calloused and backs bent low,
They forge ahead, through wind and snow.
In factories, offices, and homes,
They never falter, they never roam,
Their labor fuels our daily lives,
Their sacrifice, the world survives.
From dawn till dusk, they toil away,
Their families waiting for the end of day,
But still they push, they strive, they fight,
Their strength and courage shining bright.
On Labor Day, we celebrate,
The workers who make our nation great,
Their hands that build, their hearts that care,
Their spirit strong, beyond compare.
So raise a glass, raise a cheer,
For every worker far and near,
On Labor Day, we stand as one,
To honor all that they have done.
Categories:
labor day, holiday, september, work,
Form: Epic
Whether the work-load is manual or high-tech exercises;
Whether it taxes our brain, leaving us without answers;
Or dirties our entire body with dirt, dust, and grease;
Whether the tasks stress our emotions to the max:
Or compel us to take prescription pills to relax;
We all labor so that we may reach a point of rest and ease.
This Labor Day, I am inspired to consider One who has already
labored on our behalf and pointed us to the entryway of eternal
rest. The workload of laws, rules, and regulations; the religious
taskmasters of do's and don'ts have been nullified and set aside.
Christ has taken our laborious job on the 'work your way to heaven
train' and set us free from all the guilt, shame, and pain.
So, on this Labor Day holiday, if not a Christian, consider the
possibilities. If a Christian, meditate on the reality of One taking
away all of the heavy lifting that has been driving and promising us
much but yielding only losses and no gains. Consider Jesus who says,
"Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest". * May we cease from spiritual labor, and enter His Rest. Happy Labor Day.
090123PS
*Matthew 11:28
Categories:
labor day, holiday,
Form: Verse
Labor Day
end of white shoes
wife says
Categories:
labor day, america, fashion, holiday,
Form: Haiku
Laziness is not a gift from God nor useful to mankind.
Accountability is a divine prerequisite for productivity.
Bible quote: "If a man doesn't work; neither should he eat".*
Ownership is another word for self-respect and healthy pride.
Respect for human beings is the gateway to valuing their work.
Devaluing the labor of others does not increase one's own value.
Advances in the arena of labor relations appear to have come to a halt.
Yield or production is the result of what has been expended in energy and labor.
090522PS
*2 Thessalonians 3:10
Categories:
labor day, work,
Form: Acrostic
Maymust be the month in which we honor the workers of the world.
Categories:
labor day, work, world,
Form: Monoku
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