Shirking Poems

Wimbledon the menace of celebrity tennis

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Mr Dennis...grimace..what the Dickens is going on...the menace 

Inevitability of a celebrity on every terrace at the tennis..

The profanity and insanity of rampant vanity..

The gist..a...
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Categories: shirking, celebrity, society, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Feature, Flame

...Flame-featured twilight, illuminate fast!
Young are the dreams of humanity vast!
Age is a mystery museums kept.
Poets and prophets in agony wept...
Core of the harpsichord, pyramid-shaped.
Moorl...
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Categories: shirking, beautiful, creation, culture, cute,
Form: Rhyme


Lady Jill

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Jill’s a driver; and she is still working
while her better-half bides more time at rest.
Jill’s in good shape, no job is she shirking;
a lady in first place, she gives her best.
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Categories: shirking, 11th grade, work,
Form: Rhyme

Thrill to craft poetry with motives simon-pure

...Thrill to craft poetry with motives simon-pure

Analogous to beckoning
think fickle finger of fate doth allure
gussied up with 
windswept orange coiffure
tantalizes like a kid 
in a candy stor...
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Categories: shirking, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDocked

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boxed to a corner
horde by unseen eyes
shirking the coming dusk
slashed to a million pieces
prickling the mind
wailing, screaming
with concise thoughts
as a lasso to the soul...
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Categories: shirking, africa, deep, inspirational,
Form: Narrative


I also feel blase today February 19th 2024

...I also feel blasé today February 19th, 2024

Linkedin to being lax,
and shirking house cleaning tasks,
which negligence cost us
(yours truly and the missus)
a golden opportunity
to relocate to...
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Categories: shirking, angel, appreciation, blessing, crazy,
Form: Free verse

Difficult to Find

...12/13/23



Secrets still buried
Stories in the wind got carried
Historical accounts occasionally varied
The truth can be sad and scary
We've barely
Discovered much so spare me
The same can...
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Categories: shirking, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

The Crawl

...If I had to choose
would I brave that dark sea
waves crashing relentlessly upon me
knocking aside the armor I've spent so long
meticulously piecing together

My heart is a fortress
made from c...
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Categories: shirking, confusion, depression, loneliness, mental
Form: Free verse

Buhari's Poetical Graphics Representation

...All efforts tabled on Nigeria;
Experiencing a fortunate miscarriage, 
Feasting Aso rock- a pizzeria 
But never admit it is the cause of this age. 

Upon the solid manifesto, 
That touches all s...
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Categories: shirking, abuse, africa, art, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme

After Serving Six Long Hard Years At Methacton State Penitentiary

...After serving six long hard years at Methacton State penitentiary...

as mini reunion number 
XLV fast approaches 
Saturday, April 30th, 7:00 pm 
until 10:00 pm
at The Trappe Tavern, 416 West 
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Categories: shirking, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIdle Olympics

...There should be an idle Olympics,
one where you don't cycle or run,
and instead of diving, there's synchronised skiving
where teams of  four get nothing done.
A training camp for doing little
wo...
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Categories: shirking, humor, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBig Job

...Big Job 

There's a big job breaking out
Time for smelling salts and focus
There is no magic wand this time
No top-hat hocus pocus 

Time to wheel out heavy gear
Flex our muscles and get busy...
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Categories: shirking, beautiful, christian, creation, environment,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRendered Speechless-Literally

...People often say I talk a lot, but I hardly think that is true,
Like the whispers about the bluebird, of which he never knew.

Talking helps a lot with my job, which is in public relations,
As mo...
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Categories: shirking, fantasy, imagery, people, places,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberThe Drunken Man Show

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A need-fed man with a blood-red glow,

Confusion writ high on a tension-knit brow,

Due to peer-pressure or sheer pleasure, somehow brought low,

To quench his thirsty stench, h...
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Categories: shirking, addiction, drink,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Powers We Never See

...The powers that be, undefined, ruthless, opaque authority 
Shapeless, bodiless, upstanding folk, coercing the majority 
Overseeing applications, supplications, ensuring conformity 
Specialists in ...
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Categories: shirking, abuse, allegory, allusion, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

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