Short Working Poems

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Premium Member Side Lined (Naga-Uta Form)

over qualified
redundant and out of work,
too old to fit in -
downtown,it is pouring down,
the umbrella's in the hall
Form: Lyric


Weakness

Work; worry;
Everyday!
Action ~ reaction!
Kindness? Never!
Needs not met.
Eventual eruption!
Somebody WILL
suffer!
Form: Acrostic

Too Heads

to get something done
tell you how i won
working together
is much better 
life like to side to abed
better to have
TOO HEAD

Mover

give a call
we move walls
so don't stall
pick up the phone
your not along
we a move
gover
ok do it today
call
MOVER

Idleness

What hardship
Is joblessness? 
Soul searching endlessly
Roving depth in height
Beasting and feasting
On treacherous quagmire


Mary the Truckin' Queen

Mary, Mary, the truckin' queen
Runs from Raleigh to Abilene
Makin' sixty cents a mile,
Squashin' squirrels all the while.
Form: Rhyme

Authors At War

Our writing pens crossed
Working on different pages
Of a bad story;
Authors at war, we agree
To have a burned book cover
Form: Tanka

Tunnel

Tunnel

A mountain the man blasting through it. 

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010

Poetic form:  Monoku
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Cleirhew Donatello

Renaisance sculptor Donatello
was indeed a clever fellow
said by many to be the best
traditionally working with great zest
Form: Clerihew

God At Work

God working at the heart inside
So with him you can abide
Faith and purity - let them be true
God has made a brand-new you!
Form:

Premium Member Writer's Market

Read "Writer's Market"
For tips on getting started
Check your library

(See also: "Poet's Market" © Writer's Digest Books)
© ... Gigno  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

We Speak To the Dead

I shall live
In this grave
To write this 
Letter to myself
I shall not be move
God is working on me
We speak to the dead

Tanka Poetic

The tree Limb snapped off
it fell on the Lumberjack
it hurt him very badly
He kept working, tho.


Copyright McCuen 2008
© Mc Mc  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs
it's really a question of who has their backs
forgive and forget
dear Heidi, be sure she's working there yet.
Form: Clerihew

Take Time Out

heavensake
you need a break
working to hard
make a new
take a trip pop some whips
smin dip
no doudt
you need to 
TAKE TIME OUT

Premium Member Working Mothers

Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment
to prove that lack of sleep is not hazardous for life sustainment.
Form: Rhyme

Get On Line

this is a new day
you have to pay
no to much
you can stay in touch
it not more than a dine
kept this in mine
GET ON LINE

Tough Guy

some or tall
some or small
build like a wall
working in a bad places
them you have the faces
here's why
we call them
TOUGH GUY

Beware the Addict

Darkness in my Veins
Impossible Aimless Energy
Soothing all my Pains
for a price
for just a fee
My Soul Addiction
Coffee.
© Arden Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Cockcrow's Chill

Oh you— 
gentle versifier, 
why 
still awake 
in the cockcrow’s chill? Is there a lust, blooming 
in the beak of your pen?

Back To Belly Buttons

At work
God

Shutting down work places

All working from home

Non to beg back belly buttons for noses  

Coronavirus!

Premium Member Demons and Drugs

These demons
These drugs
Working hard
Folding rugs
May the best of me
Still be to come
God help me
I’m still on your side
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Working Towards Friday

Working day to day
Towards the end of the week
Friday's my best friend.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Kate is Late

There was a lady named Kate
for her job she was too late
soon she was fired
soon she was hired
her old boss is now her mate!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Earth in 2024 - 2

We've known the devils
but where are all the angels
when we need them most?
Working on a miracle?
Bring mercy and compassion.
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.

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