Short Jobs Poems

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


Premium Member Happy Place

In my happy place:
Island that is my birthplace.
Joining the rat race
As a temporary face
In my store at my own pace.
Form: Tanka


New Employee

new employee
flings red socks in a white load
pink slip

1-25-2012

Sponsor	John lawless
Contest Name	SIMPLY SENRYU
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Fastest Job Interview Ever

Before we begin let me say this is not a fun job.
I stand up, and shake their hand.
Thanks.
Fastest job interview ever.

Premium Member Ode to a Toxic Boss

Press, press, press, press
Stress, stress, stress, stress
Mess, mess, mess, mess
Less, less, less less,
I’m done
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Day Jobs and Dreams

For most of my life,
I had to keep my day job;
but I still lived my dream.

011223PSCtest, Quote this.
Rick Parise. 13P


Publix

I can’t wait to work today. I am feeling excited and happy to see my Publix family until 2:00 pm today. I love my Publix job.

Premium Member The Customers

The customers ~ are always right so don't argue with them.
Date Written: 5/8/2022
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Mundanity Repeating Itself

palanquin bearers
              punkhawallahs ~ gong farmers
                    facebook proof readers

By
David Kavanagh
Form: Senryu

It Made Me Smile

City in a fog
Morning’s bleary eyes open
Lone soul witness to 
Sixth-floor birds eye view, coffee
Whirring – warm in this moment.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Here Comes High Drama Mama

High drama
wha 
wha
wha
lie
lie
lie
embellish
embellish
embellish
We run from the lunchroom
Upon her arrival
flat out run…

Reduction

reduction, deduction
less and less intake
more and more output
weight watchers
reach their goal
more or less

February 22, 2020
Form: Verse

Premium Member Form

Fixed,
Focused,
Fortitude,
Fascinating,
Families foundation foster future.


2019 September 22
howmanysyllables
1,2,3,4,10
Form: Tetractys

Premium Member Ownership

Ownership Haiku By: Tom 2-9-2020 A job that’s half done, Was better left unstarted. Your work signs your name!
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Obedience

Obedience

Nonchalant workers
unfazed by nature’s vista
contently labour
accepting their condition;
ageless Mount Fuji silent.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member T x Three

Entrepreneur Estée Lauder.
Foundation, concealer, and powder.
Advertising worth more than toman*:
"Telephone, telegraph, tell a woman."
Form: Clerihew

Reigncheck

Trump's government's a total wreck
The unemployed could wring his neck
They needed relief
But found only grief
With a Trump Reality Cheque
Form: Limerick

Trump Jobs Report

Scruffy was a disgusting slob
Who planted people for the mob
Though none ever grew
At least Scruffy knew
Times are tough, but he has a job!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Digits on Strike

The digits on strike marching by,
"Irrational!", managers sigh.
"We won't be rounded!",
Digits expounded,
"We just want a piece of the pi!"
Form: Limerick

Reject

Reject.


Love is a job.
Dating is the interview.
Rejection stops me applying to be with you.


(C)2017 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
© Aa Harvey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Bio

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight savings time was for farmers
But its demise is now on the brink
Whether to keep it or let it go
I wonder what Big Ben workers think?
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Maxim Effort

Maxim Effort Miracle Man 1-13-2025 We become failures only when quitting a task that God has given
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Waitress Interview

The poet John Keats
ran a hash-joint named, "John's Eats".
A Greek girl sought work. Disinclined to spurn,
he asked, "What does a Grecian earn?"
Form: Clerihew

Limerick: Shrinks, Part 2

Once attending professional course
Shrinks attempted to fix mind flaws
They gorged on cocaine
But primitive brain
Has failed to achieve sacred pause
Form: Limerick

Premium Member peace proposal V

Texas Jews agree that they’ll hire
The kind folks who tough tasks won’t tire
So from Mexico
The illegals all know
Comes welcome without hostile fire
Form: Limerick

Sweat Shop

They toil and sweat
for someones pleasure.
We're all to blame
in equal measure.


The Sweat Shop Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
© John Read  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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