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Work Poems | Examples of Work Poetry

Premium Member It Is To Be
I burned for my book Sentence formation is complete From idea to finished script, first sprout came several years ago Editing and rewriting changes over and over again My goal is to stand tall To develop a strong plot the structure is essential Must...

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Categories: books, emotions, work, writing,
Form: Free verse
Work To Improve Yourself
One way to improve yourself is to work If you want a better life for yourself, Start working hard, as soon as possible Not everything will work out at first, But there's nothing to worry about The main thing is not to give up Of course, successes make us richer, But thanks to failures, we grow....

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Categories: hope, success, work,
Form: Prose



An Idea To Live By
Take one idea. Make that idea your life. Think of it, Dream of it, Live the idea. Let your brain, Muscles, nerves, Every part of your body Be filled with that idea, Then those ideas put it to action You are on your way to success....

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Categories: education, success, work,
Form: Light Verse
Dream To Reality
If you have a dream Don't just sit there Believe you can succeed Take courage and overturn All the stones on the way Turn your dream to reality....

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Categories: dream, success, work,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member An Occupation's a Narration
An occupation is a narration telling one’s story in all its glory ... Though o’er the narration's duration ~ it may undergo alteration ...

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Categories: career, change, metaphor, work,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member clocks take over Friday
clocks decided to slow Friday down did it in every office all over town office workers stared at four-fifty for an hour the clocks felt respected, loved their power...

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Categories: time, work,
Form: Rhyme
Work Harder: A Collection of Today’s New Stories
1.) Gutter bed for a hope held ransom, Three bottles opened, Drunk reflections of my mirror got me feeling handsome. Can’t go a day. I can’t go a day without a glass handful of rum. Funny how these bottles got me feeling hopeless, Random thought but my problems are the only ways I know to start...

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Categories: work, absence, age, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
The Works
Catte'Moutte, is the position below Corp. Manager. If the numbers are Right and both staff and he has enough Votes, 24/30 he will be Acting management Number one contender And the Blah, Blah (company refuses to recognize the championship) Worlds Champion. Penciling in the main event with Chances in the card, wasn't easy It involves a lot of give and opps. It company is...

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Categories: work, clothes, creation, culture, film,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member Tinea
A day escaped, released from the sticky womb of night held firm in the arms of midwife morning, listen to its infant cries the wails of a newborn child unfed demanding of your bed and sleepy scant attention, it matters not that you turn your back and try to block your ears to tears of open-window traffic rage and...

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Categories: morning, work,
Form: Free verse
Modern Day Office
Computer say’s no! We are trapped in the gloom Software is broken The office is a tomb American tech to you we plead Save the day and our voracious greed Look out! Here comes the tumble weed! We have become a dormant seed. ...

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Categories: computer, work,
Form: Rhyme
Fool's Gold Fortune, Part II
...For two weeks Lester worked that pyrite vein, and every day a brand new dollar came, at the end he hug dug out two cart’s worth, said Higgs, “Now that’s enough work in the earth.” He smiled proud, they dragged it to the trains, Lester still sure the old man was insane, once loaded up, he said, “I will return in six...

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Categories: work, character, crazy, fun, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Fool's Gold Fortune, Part I
Lester sat in Lisa’s café that morn, his eyes mindlessly staring out the door, it was July of 1889, and new work young Lester now had to find. He’d left Jud’s ranch when he refused to pay, did some small jobs, but not much came his way, had heard some mines were opening up here, but he might starve before they did,...

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Categories: work, character, crazy, fun, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Think Big Act In Small
Just keep trying Slowly, do it everyday Every moment is always a good day The splendor of the sun Is the nature of a new day The caterpillar walk inch by inch Slowly arrive its destination Just think big, act in small....

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Categories: life, success, work,
Form: Free verse
Beneath These Northern Skies
'Write Thirteen Beautiful Lines' Poetry Contest: Sponsored by Constance La France (April/May 2025). Where hills are alive with imagination carried by clouds toward their destination Lakeland fells and sheep Liverpool of cormorants Wales with its dragons Yorkshire and terrier dogs in Lancashire towns of redbrick and cobbled folk who worked with bare hands to build a much better world beneath these beautiful skies. ...

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Categories: work, 10th grade, animal, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Life Flies So Fast
Life flies so fast See you after Today, next day. Don't think after What you do now Next, don't bother. Know for today After, don't mind Then, is not sure. Work for today Steps to goal A life's merit....

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Categories: life, time, work,
Form: Than-Bauk

Specific Types of Work Poems

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Definition | What is Work in Poetry?


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