Short Employment Poems

Short Employment Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Employment by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Employment by length and keyword.


Employment

I sit for many hours in a day
With never very much to say
I pound on a board
With my calls ignored
Just to get a measly pay
Form: Limerick


Nanny Goad

A young girl with cleavage to spare
Found employment as an au pair
Her boss was excited
Because she delighted
In giving her assets fresh air
Form: Limerick

Economic Segregation Products

Segregated schools 
Segregated hospitals 
Segregated neighborhoods 
Segregated employment 
Segregated politics 
Segregated life
Segregated churches

The Job For Freddy

The Job For Freddy
Tying knots was the job for Freddy
It didn't pay much, but was steady
Early to work
He would not shirk
I guess you'd call that knot ready!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Lady Guinevere Decided To Follow Her Passion

Lady Guinevere decided to follow her passion
By finding employment as a hired assassin.
  She practiced technique
  On her cousin Monique,
But found the guillotine to be out of fashion.
Form: Limerick


A Modern Travesty

I Did Not Consume My Exquisitely Delicious Boston Cream At The Local donut shop on East Colonial Boulevard For Breakfast This Morning While On My Ravenous Way To My Place Of Employment .
© Rob Carson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Narrative

Out of Work 13/6/09

I was working to earn my pay,but i'm out of work today. 
I hope and pray that, another job comes my way? 
I need  the routine in my life, to keep the depression 
and worry at bay. Please dear God send somemore 
employment my way amen.

Unemployed and Unfortunate

lucky are
           those who work...
           unlucky are
           those who don't have
           employment...are not lazy
           those who don't work
           for lack of employment...
           Are the unfortunate ones...

Premium Member A Dead End Job

the gravediggers crest two crossed scraping shovels lifelong employment they dig a large hole occupant won’t see their work yet pays final bill Contest sponsor John Lawler A Scraping of Shovels Poetry Contest 3/12/19
Form: Senryu

Premium Member The Calico Box Crab Roadside Circus

I recall clearly,  my mom took me to peek
at the calico box crab roadside circus freak.
Some kids have a tooth fairy, my reward, more oblique. 
I stood, mouth agape, quite unable to speak.
I had a strange childhood, you might call it unique, 
before reaching adulthood, employment to seek.
Form: Rhyme

Boxing Day

Yuletide qualms? Offer gifts, food and alms It’s Christmas, observe St. Stephen’s plaint... Be a blessing, serve the needy without restraint, be Good King Wenceslas, who is the poor man’s saint. Many suffer, employment at bay their year-end bonus pay Boxing Day
Form: Other

Premium Member First Poem of the Year

Today is the beginning
of an incredible year
I will be more positive
I will find peace with myself
I will find new employment
where i can make more money
I will lose weight and feel better
I will be myself and not
let anyone change me!
I will write poetry 
and publish more this year...

Premium Member Sacred Meaning

If muses
have sacred meanings
deeper
and before secular evolving purposes,

As ordained vocations
are to painful employment,

Then what music
would
could
should we prefer outside
to health care inside
digest?

Together peaceful
in resonance

Deeper
and before traumatic
warring
wearied
worn out dissonance.

Foreclosure

Financial difficulty
Overextended credit
Reach out for assistance
Employment hardships
Counseling is free to all
Let us help you avoid a foreclosure
Our knowledge is extensive
Successful alternatives are available
Under water homes can be short sales
Reinstatement, Modification, Forbearance
Every foreclosure is an opportunity for a new beginning!
Form: Acrostic

Across Realms

My kingdom
Family love
Feel Blessed
Am working hard
Employment income
Make mistakes
Regret
Forgiveness 
Do best
Good deeds done
Happy heart
Honor Him my God
Across all realms of life
Peace
Harmony is mine


Sponsor	Edward Ibeh
Contest Name	Pick-A-Title, Vol 36 - 
Theme Across Realms 4)
12th May 2023
My wife taught me this way to make a poem.
© Merv Hold  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Changing Career At 30

There I was reaching thirty
just been widowed year before
now the work place was to close
redundancy now at my door

But friend told me of a vacancy
at local wholesalers for food buyer
so few months before work closing
went for interview before got fire

So got the job at wholesaler
made redundant on the Friday
start Monday as a buyer
in continued employment I did stay
Form: Rhyme

Kill the Corrupt Rats

Cookery is slavery if you don’t partake of the meal
It becomes foolery if you keep settling the bill
It is misery if you repeat the drill
Familiarity leads to rats chilling in the grill

Employment is exploitation if you can’t get a fair deal
It becomes poverty if you keep taking the pill
It is deprivation with tax deductions on your will
Gullibility that leads the thieves to steal
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member New Year Transpositions

Most competitive amusing employment
in transacting tired 
old school entertainments
support economic
and political services
to and from
highest corporate 
commercial out-bidders.

Most cooperative musing
wraps in sacred
musical new year vocations
for engaging transpositions
empowering
enlightening
bicameral humane/divine
deepest systemic
and widest compassionate
co-listeners.

Santa Goes High Tech

Santa Goes High Tech

By Elton Camp

It was foggy one Christmas eve
He’d get lost, Santa did believe

To a bright-nosed deer he did say
Rudolph, won’t you lead the way?

So there was a new member of his team
With permanent employment it did seem

When Santa got himself an iPhone
Rudolph’s job was very soon gone

An app he found his sleigh to guide
So poor Rudolph was pushed aside
© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Time

The clock ticks
When will the world fix
Everyday concerns
As in, equality for all
And an educational system
Where all learn?

No more Ivy League colleges
For bragging rights
All knowledge is to enhance
Ones insight

For employment
No more unbalanced scales
For opportunity
All shall be able to hear
The bell

The clock ticks
When will people fix
A social system
Where all men mix?
© Lara Wash  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Didactic

Happily Lost In the Decorative Spaceship of My Mind

man
just got back from the beach
blue skies....75 degree weather....classic beach music in my ear....lost in the waves' rhythms....

here i am
weekend getaway over
cloudy, drab skies....rain all day....45 degree windy weather....head in the clouds....

it's alright though
for in a few weeks time, 
i am going back!

HOORAY FOR STEADY EMPLOYMENT!
WORK HARD....PLAY HARD....PURE ENJOYMENT!
© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.

Do What You Love

If "play is the work of a child"
Then never grow up,
Except in understanding.
And in learning what you love, 
Search and find it in reality
And do it with enjoyment.

Live out your childhood.

But if work is the stress of life
As an adult, then
Execute strategic planning
"Like a small beginning
to a mighty end". It's your play!
Be happy with your employment.

Make moves for your good.
Form: Rhyme

Buses

Buses

Dear Buses 
Daily you commutes us humans from one place to another
You do not hiss 
You do not cry
You are so patient
You are so enduring
Without you we humans could not have reached our destinations
Without you our journeys would have been slow and dull
You provides employment to many people
From drivers to conductors
From bus manufacturers to bus sellers
Without you we are Nothing!

An Employment

A supervisor led me to a cubicle

among a maze of others.

I was given a computer

displaying columns of numbers.


All I had to do was move the figures

from one column to another.



I soon ran out of things to do.

I watched cat videos.

I asked for guidance.


I wanted to know

what I was doing and why?


When I said that

I will never forget the look of terror

on their faces.

New Burden

Today I found out I'm losing my job, 
the news took my breath away; 
What am I going to do for employment? 
my bills how am I going to pay? 
I have one week to make a plan, 
and find something new to do; 
Two weeks before Christmas, 
these words have left me blue. 
Lord I kneel down before you, 
in honest heartfelt prayer; 
Please guide me where you want me to go, 
please help with this new burden I bare.
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