Short Shirk Poems

Fake smiles under a plastic mask

Politicians are no one's friend

They're madmen's pawns who shirk the task

Forever making mice of men...

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Captain James T Kirk,
His duties he did not shirk.
Fictional Captain of the U.S. Enterprise,
Played by William Shatner, a name most recognize....

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Santa loads
his bright sleigh
takes no roads

elves must work
all the time
never shirk

Mrs. Claus
bakes all day
Santa’s laws


Written 12/26/18...

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Virtual school is no school at all.
Pretty much despised by one and all.
They don’t do this work,
Participation shirk.
Hope this is over by the end of fall....

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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!...

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Gerry, a galoot from Burke,
 Was a professional at doing the shirk,
        No labour where he goed
          No sweat ever flowed,
     A genius at avoiding all work....

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Hard to concentrate when I feel desolate
Will my goals work, or will I start to shirk?
But this is far from death, at least I have breath
Living a day at a time, making rhyme
...

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Wicked praise
shades of affections
shirk skies flow
wrecks at swarm
They are swaying in the storm.
In a range of shapes!

Written: January 20, 2022...

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Trump Unfriendly

Trump has been unfriendly and a big jerk;
Out for him many things may never work,
Big mouth will avoid;
Tonsil and adenoid;
Responsibilities and duties he did shirk.

Jim Horn...

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Work,
A  jerk,
Born to irk,
We cannot shirk,
Manager  or  clerk, 
He makes us go berserk,
In  every  corner  he'll  lurk,
Well then, what's his positive perk?
Payday brings on our faces - a SMIRK.


11.07.19...

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No perseverance, no success.
Attainment eludes those who digress.

Great ideas fail sans hard work.
Those challenges, we must not shirk.



September 13, 2022
entered in the Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest...

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For my family members
    Holidays over
    It's back to work
  Duties, tasks, orders no more to shirk  

  As for me, I reckon
    More retirement beckons
    Yawns, naps, googling away
      ~ Wasting every precious day...

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Do you fear productivity
and lay your sloth upon the Lord?
Is indolence your proclivity?
Satan surely loves your accord.

But Satan is the Devil.
He will not fill your larder.
In your apathy he’ll revel.
Wake up and try a little harder!...

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SHIRKING THE GHERKIN

You could splice it, or dice it
Mayonnaise it up and nice it
Alas, one thing is for certain 
She will as shirk the gherkin

Indiana Shaw . . . 

"And it's no use chucking "em at the dog either, he hates them too" . . . : /...

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To be indolent cannot apply to me
For I was raised on a farm to work,
I will not condone laziness you see
It’s not in my better nature to shirk. 

Written July 2, 2022
For “Quatrain on Sloth” poetry contest
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico...

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In a world of instant everything, responsibilities we shirk
Remember there’s no replacement for putting in the work

Make decisions not on hope but based on what you know
Life is not a rainbow

So don’t be fooled by the dreams you’re sold
There is no pot of gold
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Bah hum bug! says Grinchy young Guy;
it's time to give presents, my eye!
     To shop is hard work  
     which I choose to shirk;
My gift cards will wish them "good buy".

December 14, 2021

part of a longer group of limericks
entitled On Giving Gifts, posted here.
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my world is sad, 
its dirty and grey
i can no longer
go on this way

then my vision
blurs, shape sway
its very hard, 
to clearly find my way,

steam, water, spray
carefully i work
tirelessly, daily,
this task i cannot shirk

my task goes on
time slowly passes
lord i hate
cleaning my glasses...

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make 
effort
overcome 
life’s challenges
bend a little, pick out thorns from your way

Complaining is easy but not a solve
shirk the habit
stop the sulk
abhor
blame

God
does not
like rudeness
ungratefulness
He is known to help those who help themselves

Written on 07/11/2016...

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SAARC, SAARC, why do you shirk
Bearing the dream-cargo of the sub-continent Indo-Pak?
Big Bro Indie, and Small bro Pak
Stomach dreams of SAARC.

SAARC, SAARC you are a vanity trophy,
Never more than an apostrophe.
Billion SAARCians apostrophize,
O SAARC, O SAARC
You are under the placoid scales of a shark....

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September is here
With skies bright and clear.
Summer birds will be southbound.
Cooler breezes near.
School football we cheer.
The young quarterback is downed.

Parents go berserk,
Call player a jerk
For manhandling their loved son.
The ref's not a shirk,
Is good at his work,
Says no infraction was done....

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WORKING UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS AT HOME







My quirk is I don’t like this work;  I just lurk in the murk and smirk.
 
My wife does not shirk. I irk her but her perk is to call me a lazy jerk.



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Entered in  Susan  Burch’s  Contest  

“Couplet Challenge” (Something you hate to do at home)...

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I quit! Yippee! I'm through with work
  with taking orders from some jerk
slaving away for some worthless perk
  like a title of 'senior associate filing clerk'

Yet I find it odd, through some kind of quirk
   that deep within me yearnings lurk
to return to what I'd longed to shirk
   ~ Yup, time to punch in and go back to work...

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Pinecone mold creatures in the forest lurk
Dropped by elves and faerie on an autumn day
Collecting them should be difficult work
There is an underlying mist so light and gray 

From this enjoyable task I do not shirk.
Lightly tiptoeing through the leaves today 
Mushroom hunting is my happiest quirk.
Boots step gingerly careful of the fey...

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In church I said I do to you
our journey has not been easy.  
Marriage takes work; we must not shirk
total commitment, love and trust.

contest:-Response to Potpourri
Sponsor Nette Onclaud

Quote 3
People forget that marriage is an art so should be refreshed every day
17th January 2016...

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