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Self Employed Poems - Poems about Self Employed

Premium Member Lost inside
...I. I stumbled down a corridor of screams, Where shattered children claw at broken glass. My temples bleed black rivers, thick with dreams— Rootless thorns that pierce but never pass. II. I wa......

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Categories: self employed, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
a hand cart and a ring
...A Handcart and a Ring    A man I knew had a handcart and became self-employed I often saw him in the town with a load of parcels and sometimes furniture He was a contented man.  One day, on his ......

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Categories: self employed, 2nd grade, absence, allegory,
Form: ABC



Self Employed
...I don't get paid by the hour, I'm employed by a higher power, Blooming like a flower, Opening up to empower, It was never about the dollar, As I shower my world with wisdom, Breaking apar......

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Categories: self employed, 10th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
submitted to supreme court
...hostage Trapped, falsely imprisoned, identity stolen, wages deprived, abuse of power, denied freedom Unable to move and measured, no structure to enter, prisoner of war. A movement of legal mone......

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Categories: self employed, abuse, america, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
hedonism
...Hedonism  There was a time when ships were hard to handle a crew of thirty-four or more and boys of fifteen  were employed to do the washing up after meals and clean floors A fraught time when......

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Categories: self employed, absence, allusion, anger,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Golden Years In the Golden State
...driving our kids west . . . our past life vanishing in the rear view mirror I don’t recall many details about our move to California. My husband’s job had transferred him two states over to Cali......

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Categories: self employed, life,
Form: Haibun
The Taxman Cometh - the Lament of the Self Employed
...His knees shake, he's feeling weak His hands tremble and he cannot speak He got an email early afternoon It's tax time again - it's much too soon His accountant queries things long past But......

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Categories: self employed, humor,
Form: Rhyme
On the Picket
...The picket line’s a lonely place With just two of you there Fighting for a membership That doesn’t seem to care. Two members turned back; Just two, no more. Most of them slipped quietly in Thr......

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Categories: self employed, betrayal, conflict, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Remember the Land
...I remember the land, I remember its people, They ways, the stupidity of Their mentality, I never came To heard of this term depression Until earlier on in life, I came to te......

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Categories: self employed, adventure, allusion, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When I Took the Highroad-
...I remember when I was a little younger I was thirty-one I was self-employed had my own business But being a child of God I choose to allow my thought process to change being a servicer clientele cust......

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Categories: self employed, analogy, anxiety, conflict, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Wrong Turn
...High school times were lived with fun and ease Other peoples opinions I didn’t care to please Found friends who accepted me for who I was Wanted to enjoy it, soak it up, it was love Class became ......

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Categories: self employed, addiction, drug, journey,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Assaulted By the Boss
...Last week I was assaulted by the boss Self-employed, I was probably into the sauce Whatta ham I am As serious as I can No need for the cops, just got some minor flaws......

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Categories: self employed, fun,
Form: Limerick
A Vendor's Life
...A Vendor's Life At times, sleepless nights, Filled with worry and fears; The life of a vendor Means laughter and tears. Patience and perseverence Are essential and soon learned. An ex......

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Categories: self employed, career, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
A Traitor To Their Race
...When I see a black person go and vote for a Republican, I do not think I’ve seen a more self-hating and disgusting man. Do they not know of the struggle? How can they even show their face? They......

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Categories: self employed, gender, perspective, philosophy, political,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Mp and the Gardener
...The MP and the Gardener She works for an M.P. who claims expenses Gardener cuts grass, digs ponds and mends fences The MP gets much more than he really needs The gardener digs a hole lovingly p......

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Categories: self employed, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Ballad

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