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Oath
Mouthing an oath, she carried on
Milking the cow in cowshed grim.
She only wished she could be gone...
Mouthing an oath, she carried on.
Into the shed sun never shone.
Now milk was spilling over brim!
Mouthing an oath, she...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Triolet
Aerobics Class
please
will you
join
me in
aerobics
we will
have
...
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Categories:
work, 11th grade, friend, fun,
Form: Verse
NavigateA captain will navigate his ship
keeping it safe for his men.
A pilot will navigate his plane
for his passengers.
Like the ship's captain and the airline pilot,
we also navigate daily.
We navigate our life,
from sunup to sunset.
Yes~we are...
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Categories:
work, boat, day, life, sun,
Form: Free verse
MR PRESIDENTdepleted uranium was invented by nazi germany. to this day, serbia has the largest percentage of cancer patients in the world. it goes without saying that american fascists also used depleted uranium in the middle...
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Categories:
work, america, anger, angst, hello,
Form: Free verse
On the Trail, An Early Question of BeingPerspectives and Perceptions
Found resting by ancient Gates
Waiting for Awareness, Need
And Intent to arrive;
The Gates themselves
Action, Planning, and Escape
Stand like inviting harbors
Where to go, and Why...
Waiting only for Decision, and When
For any adventure...
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Categories:
work, adventure, history, life, moving
Form: Free verse
Todays Thought
Today’s Thought
Get A Job
Miracle Man
3/20/2023
What you choose to become tomorrow,
is the result of your doings today.
If you opt to beg, steal, or borrow,
time has a way of making you pay.
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Categories:
jobs, work,
Form: Quatrain
Royal RumbleCharacters in action
Talents in multiplication
Shapes and sizes of many version
Skills on display with tension
Over the top ropes one would gape
Under the ropes one can escape
Apron of thick mattress
Arena of countless matches
Highlighted are dressed to kill
Fronting...
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Categories:
work, character, color, creation, men,
Form: Other
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNIn an attempt to document my worth to your esteemed organization, I hereby submit my unredacted resume.
I was educated using blocks, books, chalk, blackboards and the slide rule. “Testing” was used to “evaluate” progress...
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Categories:
education, humor, work,
Form: I do not know?
A Cuppa Joe and Off I Go
A cuppa joe and off I go
to work, because I owe
so many so much
I'm quite out of touch
It's time...
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Categories:
money, work,
Form: Couplet
That could be me on the street
What ever happened to our hometown street.
When life was more simple,gentle and sweet.
Our sidewalks intended for more prosperous ways.
Are now employed as homeless displays.
When I was young, I was taught to work hard.
Save your pennies,...
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Categories:
work, change, class, jobs, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
Levi Celerio
From the Pearl of the Orient
A name was born without dent
A laureate in reticence
A paradigm beyond silence
Composer, poet and lyricist
Over four thousand songs on his list
Written and delivered so crisp
Offered to his countrymen without wisp
Love...
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Categories:
work, inspiration, life, memory, music,
Form: Other
On TrackThough the clock had no hands to tell the time
It was still able to number the hours
Over the trees the sun began to climb
As dandelions roared on the lawn, 'flagrant flowers!'
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Categories:
morning, work,
Form: Rhyme
HYPOCRITICAL EYESWho are you
Question asks daily,
Some people want to know
More about you,
You look so meager in their bogus eyes,
You don't possess what they have
But your presence continue
giving them sleepless night.
Hating...
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Categories:
work, africa, america, angst, christian,
Form: Free verse
Wake To The Working DayAs the dawn awakens the sky,
The stars can settle for rest.
The sun in the blink of an eye,
Will breach the horizon's crest.
The weary rise to their feet,
To begin a brand new day.
A routine they must...
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Categories:
work, children, moon, school, stars,
Form: Rhyme
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE II
The tree of knowledge,
Would never succeed in bringing forth tasty fruits
Unless
It is cared for, by the undying desire to learn, and
Unending sweat and toil!*
© Demetrios Trifiatis
...
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Categories:
desire, wisdom, work,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Work Poems
Read wonderful work poetry on the following sub-topics:
anniversary, christmas, colleague, ethic, funny, hard, inspirational, job, leaving, life, stress, teamwork,
and more.
Definition | What is Work in Poetry?
Poems Related to Work
task, industry, trial, job, production, struggle, performance, endeavor, effort, functioning, trouble, stint, commission, drudge, exertion, assignment, toil, drudgery, obligation, stress, grind, sweat, daily grind, elbow grease, grindstone