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Mom’s Advice For Me Mothers Day 2024
Mom’s Advice For Me
Miracle Man Tom Wright
Mothers Day 2024
Our mom was one of ten children. Her parents were farmers at a time when it required horses, mules and large families. She said that every child...
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Categories:
work, how i feel, mothers
Form: Narrative
A Farmer's LifeWe picked out the crops
and then set the seeds;
We prayed for the rain
that they would soon need.
We battled the winds
...
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Categories:
life, work,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
work,
Form: Free verse
Graduates
Graduates
Miracle Man
5/5/2024
Your unknown future,
lies directly ahead.
From vacated nest,
to now earning your bread.
life is now a ladder,
you’ll start to climb.
Every chance to excel,
should become your showtime.
Your experience starts you,
at the very bottom rung.
Most days become routine,
another...
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Categories:
work, graduate, how i feel,
Form: Quatrain
Take A BreakLife can be hectic
Why not take a break from work
Embark on a trip....
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Categories:
engagement, life, vacation, work,
Form: Haiku
late to an interviewlate
tardy
interview
wreck on freeway
serious injury
impatient committee
lucky not to get this job
something much better will happen
you have escaped close-minded people...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Nonet
Let's CheerRaise a cheer for hands
For hardworking laborers
Hands that build our world....
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Categories:
career, celebration, engagement, work,
Form: Haiku
Jack of All Trades
Jack of All Trades
Miracle Man
5/3/2024
I once hired a man who never followed directions,
which required on my part, frequent inspections,
Though an old hand,
He didn’t understand,
So each task completed required some corrections.
...
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Categories:
life, work,
Form: Limerick
first weed eater experienceson's hands tremble fierce
all gas going to burn it up
needs to find rhythm...
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Categories:
work,
Form: Haiku
Labour DayWritten 28 April 2024
“Genius begins great works. Labour alone finishes them.”
Joseph Joubert
...
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Categories:
work, appreciation, inspirational, jobs, rights,
Form: Rhyme
PropitiationI had lunch with Randy, between classes today. It was a perfect day. The sky was an infinite, capri blue, the wind was stirring the environment, clouds were wispy and on high - in the...
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Categories:
work, friendship, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Unreported newsSongs from a life, sounds like the blues,
microwave fries, pot noodle, stews,
dead on two legs, only half-nine,
saying yes, to the overtime,
this months rent and the kids' new shoes.
Paying forward, paying your dues,
when there isn't much...
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Categories:
work, abuse, children, life, wine,
Form: Rondeau
CraftsmanshipSuperb yet simple
Glimpse into the craftsmanship
Of Chief Carpenter....
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Categories:
art, motivation, wisdom, work,
Form: Haiku
Inner Workings of the Mom n Pop Pizza ShopTaped to the door’s plexiglass pane, a portrait
Of a Savior with ardent heart burning
Sunlight invades with the turning of hinges
Untethering the hospitality of Tony, the lone waiter
His Brazilian arms are swinging doors, open to embrace
He...
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Categories:
work, food, fun, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Average Wasn’t Good Enough
Average Wasn’t Good Enough
Miracle Man
4/27/2024
If life were simple everyone would excel.
Before I could make others believe in me,
I had to exhibit a belief in myself,
and God given ability.
I realized to be good at something
would require...
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Categories:
work, how i feel, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Work Poems
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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