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Layoff Poems - Poems about Layoff

Layoff Poems - Examples of all types of poems about layoff to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for layoff.

Dissuade
...Lonely lost love laid-back, Loyalty, legality layoff. Death Dogged down, Died due for love. The dissuade love which neither started, Nor it has an end.......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Pink Slip For a Generation
...At the 5:00 whistle When the sunset in late November Is less light and more molten Like a blast-furnace window Glowing above the highway home Goo spilling from its sparkling ladle Bent At th......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, america, change, courage, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Have You Lost Your Job
...Have You Lost Your Job??? Haas your life been filled with “bad news?” The job you had… you will lose? I’m sure this brings a lot of uncertainty? Knowing that very soon… This w......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, change, depression, hope, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
An Ideal Job
...A satire by Elton Camp “To find what type of job you are best fitted to and then to secure an opportunity to pursue it, is the key to happiness.” -- John Dewey For me, it’s now too late to do ......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, satire,
Form: Rhyme
No Way Out
...We all know someone who has been depressed before. We might have experienced depression ourselves. Being stressed out has become a integral part of life for many. Possibly we are withdrawn and feeli......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, depression, stress, mental health,
Form: Prose Poetry



An Ideal Job Is Easily Found
...An Ideal Job Is Easily Found By Elton Camp “To find what type of job you are best fitted to and then to secure an opportunity to pursue it, is the key to happiness.” -- John Dewey It’s now ......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, humor,
Form: Rhyme
The Layoff
...more the norm than the exception in this wonderful capitalist rape room where coming into work can mean leaving early without a job & a pink slip, with a pat on the back & a “thanks for being such a ......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, life, work, day, work,
Form: Free verse
Are You Going Through a Layoff
...Going Through A Layoff??? Are you one who watches the nightly news? And hear of the many jobs people will lose? Does this news bring to your life much uncertainty? Knowing that very soo......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, confusion, dedication, depression, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
The Leftovers
...like passengers on the plane who didn’t die in the crash they twitch with guilt & hope that they will able to stay one more day on the sinking ship, because to be swimming out there amongst the une......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, life,
Form: Free verse
Off To Work
...Today, like many a day before, I packed my lunch, and headed out the door. For many years, every week the same, in scorching heat, and pouring rain. Off to work, two till eleven, how ma......Read the rest...
Categories: layoff, confusion, life, loss, sad,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs