Pull Out All The Stops Poems | Examples


Premium Member carrot and stick

blood sweat and tears leave 
no stone unturned move heaven 
and earth pull your weight

go to great lengths make 
a supreme effort bust a 
gut and go all out

give it everything 
you’ve got burning desire 
step up to the plate

fire in the belly
spur on drive someone get the 
ball rolling take pains

take the bull by the 
horns jump on the bandwagon
and pull your socks up

eager beaver stay 
the course give it your all throw 
yourself into it

keep your eye on the 
prize light a fire underneath and 
pull out all the stops

roll up your sleeves bite 
the bullet and pushing the 
envelope spur on

Premium Member sedulous

pull out all the stops
keep your shoulder to the wheel
go the extra mile

bust your chops sweat blood
work your fingers to the bone
bend over backwards

go to great lengths put 
your heart and soul into it
and work like a dog

go at it hammer 
and tongs roll up your sleeves do 
the heavy lifting

put your nose to the 
grindstone put in the hours 
break your back


Premium Member Time for a Serious Poem

  It's time for a serious poem
    So I can truly show 'em
  That I've mastered metaphor
    simile, prosaic petit fours ... 

  I'll pull out all the stops
    rhyme and meter, extra hops
  Brew up such a batch of phraseology
    as befits an epic of eschatology ... 

  My vocabulary will absolutely astound you
    as to the heights it soars and leaps-'n'-bounds you
  And as for opaque literary allusions
    why, there will be multitudinous profusions ... 

  But if all this still does not pass critical muster
     ~ I'll hire AI to adjust her

Premium Member Open Secrets

Pull out all the stops
and shout from rooftops,
the truth that we know,
felt by heart mellow.

Each path is unique,
of same truth we seek,
getting to the roots,
as our soul reboots.

There’s no this or that,
arguments fall flat,
as we so become,
with That oneness one.

We do wish to share
but who may so pair,
for truth’s beyond mind.
We must feel to find.

01-July-2022

Fool For You In Love

You look at me and mostly see
The simplest of clowns
Acting out the fool in all I do
Whenever you're around

Not just the nose that's red of course
As I embarrass myself too much
Trying to empress with what little I have
This fool for you in love

With the atmosphere of Circus here
I pull out all the stops
Imagine me in Center Ring
Giving it all I've got

A clown that hopes you love bad jokes
And can not get enough
Taking that thought all the way to the Big Top 
This fool for you in love

Juggling with all my might this crazy life
To bring you closer to me
The Greatest Show on Earth for all we're worth
Anyone has ever seen

With painted smile mile after mile
Not resting till I'm done
All a part of me you can clearly see
This fool for you in love


I Just Want To Be

I just want to be...

The promise that you keep
The moment that you need
Your thought that's gone to seed

I just want to be...

What it is that you most crave
The one decision that you make
The perfect ending to your day

I just want to be...

Where your vast ocean meets the land
The treasure held in your hand
The moment you come to understand

I just want to be...

The one name that you drop
There when you pull out all the stops
All it is that you have got

I just want to be...

The answer when you ask
The love that you unmask
All that you have left

But most of all,
I just want to be your yes...

A Teacher

I am a teacher

Eager beaver

Full of beans

I build bridges

And burn the candle at both ends

I am a teacher

Cap in hand

Full of the milk of human kindness

I fight tooth and nail

To make my pupils see reason

I am a teacher

As hard as nails

Face like thunder

I resent cheap shots

And the breaking of every rule in the book

I am a teacher

With a carrot and a stick

I bring my pupils to heel

I reward who reach for the moon

I clip pupils’ wings

If they go far and off the rails

I am a teacher

Not a mouse potato

And not behind the times either

I am all ears

I bare my soul to my pupils

I make them explore all avenues

And go the extra mile

I am a teacher

I have my heart set on giving

It is a long row to hoe

I will make headway

Pull out all the stops

And hang in there

That’s what I have on the brain.


December 17th, 2015

Anything Is Possible

Of all things I have learned about the world it is this, 
Anything is possible. 
And nothing has yet shaken that belief

Of course just knowing it has been enough to both delight me  and 
Give me nightmares.

Yet they both these feelings pale into insignificance compared to my 
Daily frustration at seeing and hearing people who say so many things are Impossible to them.

It is hard not to weep when all I hear is
You can't win or we will never get rid of it or nothing will change.

But that is not the worst, 
No the worst is hearing someone who is  in charge of fixing a problem
Telling us that it can't be done,
Not the least because, given this defeatist attitude, 
It is unlikely that they will pull out all the stops or encourage others 
To support them in trying to fix the issue.

Yet despite all of my fluctuating feelings I still cling to my belief that anything is Possible when I have friends still left who thumb their noses at those running the show
And keep on making the impossible possible,
Making my worst nightmares a little less possible.

The Opportunist

s/he’ll stand for just what you
want her/too,
s/he’ll pull out all the stops,
s/he’ll stay up all day & night
to gain another ballot box,
s/he’ll visit towns & villages
that no one knows exist,
s/he’ll bow down, suck off,
kiss up, bend over, 
as long as the election
s/he wins.

s/he takes on many faces
s/he’s new & improved,
comfortable & old fashioned---
s/he’s as hip as you need her/him
to be, s/he’s as comfortable &
quaint (like mash potatoes,
ice cream & all comfort foods of
the self-pity-alone-on-a-weekend-
night can produce)---
s/he’s the friend you’ve always known,
s/he’s the famous one you
envy,
s/he’s the key to all your happiness &
if you don’t think so right now,
s/he will convince you 
quickly.

s/he says everything that YOU want to, 
so that you don’t need to get off the
couch,
s/he is as photogenic as a supermodel
or as ugly as the Grouch---
for what it takes to win your faith
in this crippled & corrupt 
system,
is nothing but a moment of your time &
a voice for you to
listen.

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