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Trainee Poems - Poems about Trainee

M4
...M4 Lightweight— “You are so skinny, Trainee! You’ll never be a soldier.” I squeeze my eyes shut, tightly, each word heavier than steel. Magazine-fed— “You need to eat something, son. He i......

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Categories: trainee, death, soldier,
Form: Other
bumblebee
...The Bumblebee He grew up in a poor household, thought sofa-beds were the norm, but his mother an eager reader had many books that were given and sometimes stolen, often from those who though......

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Categories: trainee, adventure, allegory, allusion, beach,
Form: Blank verse



Old Married Couple
...While viewing a painting I liked by Paul Klee, A docent-in-training came over to me. Can I ask you some questions, if you wouldn’t mind, About “Old Married Couple,” as she’d been assigned. I to......

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Categories: trainee, art, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Inferiority Is Complex
...She had a masters degree, from Trinity Cambridge, was brokering deals in the city, with overheard talk re. financial leverage. Whilst I’d a diploma from a, “technical” college. A photographi......

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Categories: trainee, angst, books, break up,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Clerihew Davis
...Advertising trainee Stuart Davis he did not persist with this Created the form known now as Pop Art in urban scenes posters for the most part......

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Categories: trainee, art, people,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member Same Old Same Old
...Same kinds of costumes every seventy years in the fall No creativity, no imagination, no uniqueness at all. Goblins, ghouls, witches, gargoyles, princesses and ghost. I am tired of pirates and kni......

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Categories: trainee, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Who Let the Dogs Out
...My auntie purchased a great dane, That mutt really drives her insane When it does a poop, It won’t fit the scoop, Her husband’s now hired a crane They also have got a Shih Tzu It......

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Categories: trainee, dog, humorous,
Form: Limerick
The Young Jesus
...The story of the young Jesus Jesus was sceptical of his tribe as a trainee carpenter he was lousy, could even make a bookshelf, he was bullied for this. Jesus took umbrage and criticized the es......

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Categories: trainee, best friend, corruption, father
Form: Blank verse
No Glory Ft Taint
...Taint/ There was a time when I felt like wealth all I needed under my belt, like why the f*** do I care, look at this Gucci I wear, like a movie directed by Luci, I’ve become less a begger......

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Categories: trainee, write, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Fleas
...FLEAS Alarm clock shows Saturday 7 30. Yes, please! More sleep - a professional delight for this catcher of fleas. For the present, I’m working from home at my ease And my career ......

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Categories: trainee, allusion, animal, humorous,
Form: Footle
Premium Member What a Spectacle
...he took the paintball on one sunken cheek it hurt to be lopsided but the anger subsided the umpire declared the shot out of bounds but the capsule brought colou......

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Categories: trainee, character,
Form: Free verse
Alliteration
...Resiliently receptionist recovered recycled report See subdued sunbeams Subsisting still, somewhere shine Suffusing sunset Trendy teenager Trusting tie-dyeing trainee Tee shirt total ......

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Categories: trainee, visionary,
Form: Alliteration
Layered Cake Pt 1
...Layered Cake pt 1 I’ve known many unsavory characters from my home city of Manchester There’s the ex-demolition guy who took a great dislike to me Did he have visions of blowing me up instead of ......

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Categories: trainee, adventure, conflict, teenage,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Trucking Tale
...Young trainee driver behind the wheel blurt out a helpless damn Were starting down hill brakes are gone I'm afraid were in a jam To the old trucker in the bunk what should I do His reply your behi......

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Categories: trainee, funny, jobs, work,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Sweet As Can Be
...Do you really want to know me Where do I start, I'm no longer a trainee Traveled many roads Carried many loads Still turned out as sweet as can be?......

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Categories: trainee, humor,
Form: Limerick

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