Labors Poems - Poems about Labors

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...

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Oh, man, a marvel of creation's might, A distinctive being, with zeal and passion bright. Ever ready to toil, to provide and to sustain, The weight of family responsibilities, he bears with no complaint. From dawn till dusk, he labors with unwavering dedication, Enduring the slings of insult, from superior and subordinate's desecration. His strength, a wonder to behold, a testament...

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Rest From My Labors by Lanier Thomas I’ve been acquainted with war and violence And escaped, me thought, to a land of silence. But war followed me and gave me no rest, hence I must meet, face to face, war’s dread countenance. I will have no peace till my foes lie in death; No rest, till mine enemy spends his last breath. I...

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everybody works coral dawn to ruby sun season to season creativity expressing all hopes and dreams of a blooming world nine to five caring with all your heart hanging out to nurture loved ones it makes the stars shine and bluebirds sing on a loop and colors our lives...

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She will take a bus today; it will be an old bus on a long taken journey. The factory is a derelict shell. She cannot smell the dereliction, she smells the walls and the ranks of machines that thunder and hiss inside a grey vault of printed moments. Her hands remember what to do, the machine...

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Lo, the lonely labors of lifeless list lyrical lost love labors~ 12/23/20 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Gleeful roses turn to sullen churls, And virgin smiles of shyest brides Soonest morph into widowed furls; Sad victims of your ill-bladed tides. Swearing lovers of staunchest troth Must sample your bitterest swill too, And forfeit bonds of grandest worth, As you gaily gloat like vilest foes do. Most ardent toilers all hours round In shady hands fattest gains leave, Mowed to...

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Life's Labors Lost She thought she was a coffee barista! Alas, she found at this, shewas far from being an artista! She headed off next to the nearest, prestigious bartender school. Indeed, the clumsy woman, made a perfect drink but broke her leg, tripping over a bar stool! She then, took only jobs that required no motion, Just sitting jobs became her...

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Of The Famed Labors Of Hercules ninth poet, poet dedication series, Emma Lazarus Through Time's mesmerizing and meandering paths, Colossus of heroic worship rightly praised, He that vented his strength and fought with half-god wrath; Mighty Son of Zeus, his feats that this world amazed, Carved in stone, sculptor Vincenzo de’ Rossi hand Paid for by Cosimo I de’ Medici's gold, A Titan...

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Long-term, limitless, lingering love literally lightens life's labors. ...

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In punishment now My labor be done By Heaven divine Conviction is won Twelve efforts twelve years Too much to conceive With club and a bow Although I'm bereaved The mighty enforce Has stolen the day From King and alike And naught but to say... "I've finished these deeds You've asked to perform I must go back home And weather the storm A family gone Now shredded to tears The labor undone I go...

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Dusky twilight foam. Ever flowing nearing shore. No more suffering. *For Contest...

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Labor and perform your duties as you patiently wait to enter that Divine , Heavenly, and Pearly Gate. Continually be clothed in your Spiritual Armor, knowing that Satan is tricky and quite a charmer! Copyright McCuen 2008...

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I've tried to be patient I've tried to understand I've stood by your side Because you're my man I've put up with your lies I've put up with your ways I've heard many stories And yet I stay I've given my love I've given my trust I've given my all For what, your lust? I've opened my arms I've opened my life I've opened those doors To include any strife I...

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