Short Dole Poems

when God cooked a casserole
was found thrown up on a noll
out to each one would dole 

...

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A handsome man from Peru,
Found himself in a stew,
He had no money,
Which isn't funny,
So he had to join the dole queue...

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I met a girl quite bonny
Downtown in Pukalani
Her "Heavenly Hole"
Fits men on the dole
And Presidents like Donny . . . .....

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Johnny Depp was playing a role
That his wife would never console
He took her to court
And will not abort
'til one or both are on the dole!...

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When an horse stepped into an hole
A cowboy was dumped on the dole
He sat in his saddle
Just rowing a paddle
Because work was never his goal...

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Lust for famed glory of gold
Tossed lofty hubris for forlorn dole
Soul after soul, starves and beggars
Hither and thither for tragedy’s own mourn...

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Endless Wars

Chaney you know was in control
And had rich friends on the Government dole.
He started more than one war
To give them very much more....

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Army cooks don't do anything wrong
By feeding a "Mad Killer" throng
& that's rather droll
Like a troll on the dole
Who freaks out on a Viet Cong dong...

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Trump Made A Model

Trump became a model for each role,
And out much of it he still does dole;
Big loser bred;
Down path led;
Popularity is declining in latest poll.

Jim Horn...

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Idle and aimless, living on the dole

Going in circles like fish in a bowl.

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23rd November 2015
Contest: Epigram couplet
Sponsor: Silent One
Placed 2nd...

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what are they celebrating a day off
music blasting the off forgetting the sacrifice as they live on the dole
oh please I smile at children  ruining my night
and give them a penny to achieve the sweet of candy...

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George Outram ' ANNUITY'

       PAY
    =======
   | pension   |
   |  divi        |
   |  salary    |
   |   pay       |
   |   wage    |
   |  benefit   |
   |   dole      |
   ========
      SLIP...

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Keep
Away from
Light not what
Letters of words,
Engraved in poetic
Order, I beautifully
Have dole out for your pleasure.
And as I lay down to rest amongst
Artists of the greatest verses of poems
Seasoned with salt, forget not Kalle O Haas...

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If Cool or Cold

If cold or dole grab sweater or coat
Do civic duty by going out and vote
Much bull of news they may feed
Surely more than you will ever need
Slightest idea may not have remote.

Does that sound familiar?

Jim Horn...

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Dole
Killed
Slowly
Wailing soul
With an expiry
That is not perceived with the eyes
But is eroding the deep fibers of thou being
Until thee become stagnant without feeling profound emotions that stir your senses










3-16-2016...

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Promises, promises, lies
Our youth can't find jobs nearby
No new industries arise
Upon dole handouts rely  


Compose: form 

Sponsor: Dr. Ram Mehta
Contest: Chastushka Me
Written: August 25, 2014
Rhyme scheme: ABAB...

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For cash hard pressed
No clothes to dress
Mind depressed

Gaze through the night like a sleepless owl
Body covered with grime and odour so foul
Swallowed up in earth’s immense bowel

Left behind my begging bowl
A life I lived on Government dole...

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Should I feel guilty
That I don’t care
About pleasing
Ingrate parasites
That I don’t care
To dole out
Platitudes and
Phoney compliments
That I don’t care 
To don fake smiles
And pretend
Everything’s alright



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on May 25, 2019...

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Merry Christmas to you, Uncle Sam

Leaving the jobless with hat in hand

   Congress on a Yuletide roll

   Brought an end to public dole --

They’re cooking their goose, not Christmas ham




*Written in 2010 after Congress made cutbacks in social service programs...

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Empowering the indolent,
  the fox is now inside

The vermin on the loose,
 the truth now plagued by lies

The takers stalk the givers,
 those on the dole now scream

“We want what you have worked for,
 —the fruit without the tree”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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ho ho ho the bus drive nothing to hide
a little dog in the window
of memories to tell the sadness of nuff

I am here tonight to show the trick
of society or the spending not afforded
by the puppy to be send back 

as teary eyes ask you to dole a save
for a tee shirt forever stain by greed
of a pay check and a kill...

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Santa Claus has been unemployed all year

On the dole watching TV drinking beer

Ms. Claus was going berserk

Its Christmas time you fat jerk

Get off your duff and saddle up them deer

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 1 in Francine Roberts "Christmas" Contest - December 2010...

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Woven lines patterned like the black widow's silk. 
Resting upon the face and the hands.
Insidious, the crow perches on skin once like milk.
Nestled in laugh lines, the years' stark demands.
Kings and Queens reign, then they, too, grow old.
Looking back at all the scavengers stole.
Each wrinkle a regret, the grave dagger's dole....

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Santa was a fat cat
Who gave all his wealth away,
Taking toys to boys and girls
With his reindeer and red sleigh.
The pricey gifts for which kids asked
Put Santa in the hole.
He had to get himself a job
To stay off of the dole. 
So now you find him hawking wares
Before Thanksgiving Day,
He knows he has to hustle
If he hopes to fill that sleigh.



 Won 3rd place  multiple tie ....

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I want a ten for effort
stop sending the lucky seven 
as It will not do
I do not play lottery
as a life to be earned I see them spending the little on dream
of riches at the bodega and then beg at the corner for a dollar to feed their kids
government you give dole and take it all back with your skim taking over social clubs
and school learning nothing as you like the control of ten under their wrists...

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