Short Unemployed Poems

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


A Friend Who Is Recently Unemployed Spoke To Me the Other Day

Who will hire me
Now that I have reached sixty?
The rent is still due,
Though the things I need are few
Nothing in this world is free.
© Jim Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka


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

Premium Member A Rosey Outlook

unemployed thorns wait
sharpening their re’sume’s
                                    ………hope springs eternal


John G. Lawless
©3/24/2022
Form: Senryu

Premium Member On-The-Job Training

When he was young
  he survived on smidgens
from starving artists
  unemployed musicians

And that is why
  he's often said
He feeds the pigeons
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Mortal Angels

Mortal Angels as people are unemployed these days
Ask help for certain Mortal Angels
Today and everyday
They will not refuse to assist you

12132011
Form: Quatrain


Premium Member A Kangaroo Named Joe

A young ‘roo in Australia named Joe
At work, he was a no-call no-show
His boss he annoyed
He’s now unemployed
Where he works now, we really don’t know
Form: Limerick

Premium Member One Hand Clapping

One hand clapping causes tornados On the northernmost slopes of Kilauea Houses are destroyed Many unemployed But stocks were up for red ripe tomatoes
Form: Limerick

All Work

ALL WORK
All work and no play won’t make me a dull boy - I am unemployed 3rd May 2022 Work Perspective Monoku poetry contest Sponsor - Beata Agustin
Form: Monoku

Thought I Died and Went To -

Next!...Can I help you?
Unemployed, huh? Humm, let's see
Gotta check my records here...
Nope! No openings
Directions?... Not a problem
See that sign that says - YOU'RE TOAST?

***Re-titled and edited version
Form: Tanka

Death By Pride

A deadly sin 
A steady win 
Pride is a poison that makes one blind 
And is often a burden to carry on a climb 
It kills, destroys and may often leave one unemployed 
Pride, so many lives it has destroyed
Form: Couplet

Unemployed Turmoil

Today they tell me
   I no longer have money--
      Congress, why is this?

A. Green

Workers all over the country who have been 
laid off are no longer receiving benefits. Guess
they want us to starve.
© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member No Longer Unknown

Uninspired
          Undesired
           Unadmired
Unstable, unable, unemployed
   Unbelieved, unbelieving
   Unachieved, unachieving
     All this - Undisputed
     But was he Unhappy?
   Now that he's no longer
          Unknown?

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 When the Alarm Clock Rings

When you hear that alarm clock ring, 
be prepared to get up and swing. 
If not, you could be in bed all day. 
The morning will quickly pass away. 
At work, the boss can get annoyed. 
Get up and out before you're unemployed.

Inspired by another member's poem.

Part of the Unemployed

Part of the Unemployed

What if I were to be paranoid
Of some things is there a void
Or maybe what I stipulated
By now has become outdated
I am now part of the unemployed.

Jim Horn

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Unemployment Check

There was a young woman who stayed persistently unemployed
Not having a job, or any work, made her feel overjoyed
Drawing her fine government check
To complainers, said “What the heck!”
Which made those working around her considerably annoyed. 

May 27, 2021
Form: Limerick

Me

A girl silent as a flower 
Never could be prouder
Never lost, always loved
Always mistaken, taken for granted
Careless and carefree
At most, clever and yet so anxious 
Truthful but never enough 
Here and there, never stopping
Yet she stays an unemployed babysitter
© Anna So  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Road Walker

He was walking down the side of the road
Burdened by the size of his load
He’s a man on his own, 
Without any home
A current expression 
Of the modern depression
He’s just out in the void 
Of the great unemployed
He’s there so we see
But for the grace of God go we.

Mdailey	8/1/11
Form: Rhyme

Lost Amongst

i'm lost amongst
nowords surround
ing me block my sight
where i can't see
reach my arm my hand
in a demand in a plea
help me i'm destroyed
unemployed from reality
& all the horrors it 
holds i'm okay i say
to myself over&over&
so many times i can't
find my way thru my
own mind

Premium Member Clean and Void

clean carpets fresh scented
unembarrassed for guests
sticky reside unglued
cracker crunches undone
hallway empty of echos
painted fingers faded fast
toy chest passed on
clatter and laughter gone
mother's tasks snatched
unessential, unemployed
home vacated, heart void

12-10-2020

I Forget My Dreams Again

And this headache overpowers me
I forget my dreams again
And my time to remember 
Is coming to an end.
We’re broken to die
Life in between
What was good and what is real
Is wasted
In forgotten 
Or abandoned dreams
If unemployed pain 
Is resurrected again
Sad words flow in sad rivers.

Frozen Bill

Laid off, Unemployed, no pay
No funds to pay the electric bill
Service disconnected. Temperatures plumeting
As night sets, snow and ice fall silently apon the eaves,
entombing the house.
Silent night plays, somewhere...
while his body freezes and life ends.


For Laura Mckenzie's contest winter's beauty/destruction
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Saddle Up Them Deer!

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
Form: Limerick

Campbells Chicken Soup

I ain't quite ready yet!
To stand in the dark recess of the cupboard
As unrequested
Out of date
Discontinued
Campbells..... chicken soup

My heart still listens
My stomach
Still loops the loop
When you are around

Yet still
I just stand
Unenjoyed
Unemployed by loves relish
So as a pitiful dog
I'll lay in my basket
And just embellish
Form:

Words

I
Words may be left
Untouched
Undeployed
Unemployed
Unused
Under utilised
In hands, mouths,
Dictionaries
Power pregnant but
Potential

II
Words with heart
Grow wings
Kinetic Energy
Kinesthetics, gymnastics, 
Comic relief
Healing and Belief

III
Have you used
Neglected or Abused
Pregnant and potential
Words Today?
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

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