Work Spoken Word Poems
These Work Spoken Word poems are examples of Spoken Word poems about Work. These are the best examples of Spoken Word Work poems written by international poets.
Jack 94
Meeting the second Thursday each month at The Commemoration Hall
The Huntingdon Poetry Collective an open invite to one and all
When I first attended I had...
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spoken word, appreciation, art, community, discrimination,
Jack 95
We’re all important in different and various ways
But we shouldn’t ever get to caught up in our own significance
or self-importance
Whatever we believe, we are transient
Whatever...
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spoken word, appreciation, introspection, life, philosophy,
Jack 93
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...
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spoken word, future, life, poetry, rainbow,
The hands of my brothersI've never feared a man, who went to work in boots,
Nor one that worked the fields, who grew vegetables and fruits,
Instead be on guard,...
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spoken word, extended metaphor, integrity, spoken
Jack 77
I remember when I held my children for the first time
I remember when I spoke at my dad’s funeral ad libbing in a mix of...
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spoken word, memory, mental health, mental
A Ship Lost in the SeaI feel like a ship lost in the open sea in the middle of a storm crashing side to side as I try and navigate...
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analogy, family, spoken word,
It is always better when the lights are outIt is always better when the lights are out
I close my eyes and listen to better bards
Over great instrumentation to wind me down...
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spoken word, angst, anxiety, future, happiness,
The Breakfast Program and MeIt was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all...
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spoken word, america, beautiful, black african
The Face of America
The face of America not long ago
an immigrant hard at work
has undergone a dramatic...
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america, immigration, spoken word,
REFLECTIONS ON IMPORTANT THINGS ---My Spoken wordThe most important thing in life is God the next important thing is our self not in pride the third most important thing is Love...
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spoken word, analogy, appreciation, caregiving, celebration,
Maybe TomorrowThere are times when I walk down the block
I ask myself: why don’t I just walk into the woods
To live a little bit more
When I...
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spoken word, anxiety, books, culture, language,
Many Words, Many WordsWhenever I look upon his poems
I wonder: Why so many words today,
words concerning so many things, expressed
so aimlessly as if to meet a deadline?
He must...
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Categories:
anger, spoken word, words,
I Stuffed Their Mouths With GoldConvalesced amongst peaks and valleys,
Verdant and undulating over Afon Ebwy,
I paid my way through the colliery
With but a baker's dozen of years behind me.
Seduced...
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spoken word, care, health, memory, political,
An Old ShovelI remember when Grandpa used me everyday, ...
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spoken word, grandfather, old, remember, sky,
Speak To Me O' Lord-From my own heart, speak to me O' Lord
My plans are not sable;
Nor am I able;
My plans belong to me;
Though I'm broken
Father in mine own...
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spoken word, addiction, appreciation, blessing, devotion,