Short Careers Poems

absolutely fresh
in the way of sweet young years
lush floral careers...

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in short, with care, i have read prophets careers and real lives stories 

I do love them all
their efforts and honesty
appreciated...

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A frog who could dance up a jig
Went to Nashville to make it big
She set out for the disco
Ended up in some Crisco
Seems it wasn’t that type of gig...

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School work leads to thrilling careers
Say hooray hip hip--give three cheers!
A student's new skill
Brings success just until
The bill for the loan's in arrears!...

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Mass Murderer thought about changing careers;
the chase was still chill, but the cleanup, too hard.
He bought him a backhoe, and oh, what a thrill!
He’s burying bodies all over the yard....

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Birth
Crawl
Tears
Steps
Laughter
Smiles
Fears
Careers
Diseases
Betrayals
Denials

Full circle

Death nears
Tears
Laughter
Frowns
Dead clowns
Dead
In ground
No sound
Silence
Abounds...

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O, may the day soon arrive
  when no dentist will thrive
The sound of their drill
  a mere swallow of a pill

Fine careers may disappear
  and dental schools fold
So, hold your applause
  'til your dentist's too old...

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Tattered lives
Tattered hearts
Tattered homes
Tattered walls

The glue that had perfectly cemented the union had been weaken

Tattered schools
Tattered friends
Tattered careers
Tragic ends

The child's heart is broken....

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Chutes and Ladders, Monopoly
   Candyland and Bingo
       One-two-three!

Risk and Careers and
   How about Charades?
Scrabble and Password
   Venerable Word Parades!

The youthful pursuits of
   An Innocent Age 
Eating Hostess Twinkies
   And drinking Kool-Aid!...

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Women’s rights?
     Men in tights  

   Rising crime?
     Hang wind-chimes

   Covid fears?
     Change careers

   Stocks falling?
     Piggy-bank calling

   Nothing to do?
     Learn Hindu

   Don’t have a car
     Play your guitar

   Overeating?
     Life is fleeting...

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i can not keep, fighting back tears, girls clip my limbs, like using sheers, ill just stay here, while you say cheers, nothing to show, for all these years. ill stand my ground, and face my fears, they may be teens, but arnt my peers, cant get a job, with these careers, ive given up, i'm shifting gears....

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Degeneration
Children in beauty contests
Shame on their parents

I have written this haiku after having seen on television that some people brings children 
of 2 to 6 years to beauty contests to win money and with the scope of launching them in 
show careers. This cannot be tolerated: children must be respected!...

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Sad indeed the tears we shed in hollow marshland 
streams,
bad vibes worsen childhood fears, they shatter midnight dreams,
mad at tactless ghostly jeers and oddball moonlight beams, 
had my fill of twilight years when chasing eye blind schemes,
fad disowned by trendy peers who look quite miffed it seems, 
glad I’m one with bright careers and happy prospect teams...

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Neftali the Great
Engaged in many careers
Ready to write for "La Manana"
Until he was forced to go into hiding
Day after day, being protected by suppourters and fans. Then
At last, he was able to leave, but in exile.......







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This is an informational piece for Raul Moreno's "Pablo Neruda" contest....

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Life is full of ups and downs
At times becoming way too much
That’s when you need a helping hand
Sometimes you may need a crutch

Miserable is what I am
Not always... just right now
Never have I felt so lost before
Yet you learn to survive somehow

I often wonder how others make it
Losing homes, careers and love
I guess it because of the following
Good friends and God above...

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I'm fully devoured by hate,
My mind has been brought to stagnation,
It's my unconceivable fate
To get slightly less estimation
Than sluts in a changeable guise
Or fools wasting time on careers.
Well, who is the one to despise:
A poet or one of those peers?
They fear the joys of today,
They fear the freedom addiction,
And I have no words left to say
When called a damn tough contradiction....

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Pitchers pitching. Catchers catching.
Balls are in the air.
The smack of leather, bonding together.
A spring time love affair
Coaches coaching. Trainers training.
Stylish Unis, socks and hats.
Gatorades, fresh cut grass blades.
Soon hitters with big bats.
Fans are fanning, Radar guns scanning.
Baseball careers are born there.
Raise a beer. Praise The Jays and cheer
Springs just around the corner....

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All across the U.S.
From the east to west coast
Folks are mourning the loss
Of the “Jeopardy” host.

He was there on our screens
More than 35 years
In a job few would choose
As their hoped-for careers.

Always steadfast and calm,
Never ruffled or down,
He was king of the hosts
Though he needed no crown.

At the end he did share
With us all his last answer.
The question – “What killed him?”
A mean Stage 4 cancer....

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To my dear PoetrySoup family,

Congratulations to all the contest winners.  It was a pleasure to read your work.

Deep gratitude for everyone's beautiful comments about my poems.  Every word 
you've written has meant a great deal to me.
I am saying, "Goodbye" for now.

I'm in the process of changing careers and moving, and I'm going to have to take 
a break from the Net.

I'll be back soon.  Take good care, y'all.

TTYS,  Orma...

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Today's political agenda,
For political puppets--
Manipulated by the powers that be,
Hoping for a Lazarus economy,
Games people play,
Any miracles today?
Mystical revival,
Elections--farcical,
Candidates--comical,
Tweedledum?
Or Tweedledummer?
Yes, games people play,
Miracles on the agenda today?
Made any jobs today?
Not for the old, for the young,
Their careers not even begun.
Hoping for a Lazarus economy--
Who are the powers that be???????...

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POOR  CAREER  CHOICE

Surely  all the revolving doors
At the front of a busy office building
Need a union office on one of the floors
For their complaint handling.

Their whole existence is so transparent -
Getting pushed around by everyone,
Every day another day spent
Being leaned on and spun,

Just going round in circles in vain,
Turning this way and that like a carousel at a fair.
They should rightly complain
That their careers are leading nowhere....

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My friends all left
around the world ...
They went on several demarches as
discoverers of lands ...
They spread similar to
migrating birds
all over the universe ...
From London to China,
from Puxinanã  to Conchichina...!
In extensive careers,
we were driven away from joy,
but united we are always
for nostalgia ...
One day, we'll all be back
home !


   PS PUXINANÃ and CONCHICHINA are places... One is real Puxinanã, the other is a creation... alkas poetry...

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Met some friends for lunch;
We go back many, many years,
Before we started families
Or even our careers.

We caught up on our lives,
Discussing grandkids, health and trips
And problems in the world with which
We cannot come to grips.

A lovely meal was followed by
A scenic river stroll.
Before we parted ways, we had
One necessary goal –

A photo of the three of us,
All smiles and looking good,
An older version of the selves
That formed our sisterhood.
...

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Patience, dedication, determination and trust
Living, survival, these are a must
Budgeting, spending, credit or cash 
Money, careers, decisions are rash
Marriages, funerals, family affairs 
Adoptions, abortions, abductions, all there
Murdering, rapes, in alleys of streets
Mothers of victims, hearing those weeps
The world has become a stranger to me
No longer can safety save humanity 
So now I shall choose to lock up my door
Hide from this world I no longer adore...

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Boundaries may be blessings in disguise,
		Essential in a balanced, happy life.
                All around, in nature beauty lies.
		Utmost wonder is within our reach.
		To some "beautiful life" implies good looks,
		Illustrious careers, great wealth, prestige,
		Famous stars in magazines and books, . . .
		Unless they wake up, they will never see the
		Loveliest things in life indeed are free.
		
		
Placed 1OTH in John Hamilton's Beautiful Acrostic Contest, January 2016...

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