Tampered
...Tampered photo,
Tampered life,
Born elite,
Married Strife.
Never one mans wife.
Wed to the nation,
System creation.
Freedom lost.
Chosen, at what cost?
Wishful eloper,
Like the in law shi...
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Categories:
shirker, betrayal, bullying, family, mother,
Form: Prose Poetry
Snail Man, from THE WOMAN WHO COULD EAT WOOD
...Snail Man
Snail Man was the slowest worker
in the Jam Factory.
His nickname was Mr Shirker.
He was very angry for being fired.
He'd stolen from the safe
all the money he desired.
It di...
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Categories:
shirker, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Sandy Hook Poems 2: Student Tributes
...Here are tribute poems for exceptional children and teachers who should be alive today:
Emilie Parker,
the horror grows starker
as we see your sweet image
and cringe at the carnage;
but dear, ...
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Categories:
shirker, children, school, student, teacher,
Form: Verse
In the Wild Re Post
...IN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unl...
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Categories:
shirker, animal,
Form: Free verse
Disturbed Minds
...DISTURBED MINDS
Pete was a handsome young boy, only fifteen years of age,
Had PSYCHOSIS, his reality severely distorted, a mental disorder,
Felt that his brain was contained in a wrought iron ca...
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Categories:
shirker, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
Galloping Gingerbread Cookie
...‘Twas the season to be merry, and playing around,
shirker Fred was in Vegas; from work he had played hooky.
Asleep in his hotel room, he strangely dreamed about
a man that looked like a galloping ...
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Categories:
shirker, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Butterfly
...How beautiful thou art
Oh butterfly
Out of ecstasy at holy place as ally
Seems leisurely created by Almighty
A fascinating climax of beauty
Multiferous colours majestically
Wonderfully blende...
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Categories:
shirker, butterfly,
Form: Alexandrine
In the Wild
...IN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that w...
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Categories:
shirker, adventure, africa,
Form: Rhyme
I Am Letter S
...I AM LETTER “S”
Sneaky, sarcastic, selfish, slipshod shirker,
Stumbler, smart-ass, scrounger, sloppy worker
Shiftless sycophant, stingy swine:
These qualities are what I want to avoid bei...
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Categories:
shirker, introspection,
Form: Couplet
Bedtime On Tramp - Part One
...He woke down the slope, by the hay
With him a thousand shrill cries
That stilled to him, yawning.
He moved with strands of hay, trailing
On his rags.
Sauntering, he is a flaneur...
The road lamps gav...
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Categories:
shirker, life, time, time,
Form: Narrative
Friday Sonnet
...It's the end of the week
Almost time to go home
Today ends the streak
Of 'productivity syndrome'.
I worked hard all day
Trying to get some things done
And I'm happy to say
That I'm still num...
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Categories:
shirker, funny, on work and
Form: Sonnet
The Revolutionary Bee
...Close in the roses
The rose-bee dozes;
Oh what a shirker, he.
Asleep in the lily
The lily-bee, silly,
Yawns so languidly.
Down in the daisy
The daisy-bee, lazy
Dreams of a honeybee sweet....
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Categories:
shirker, fantasy
Form: Light Verse