For Them We Worked
Forgive this battery; tilt up your chin.
You're ready now.
Still, absent. "Help! Help!"
Life running in. Futile.
Puckered breath on silent chest.
Crushing pain and animal calls.
"Please! Please!" A familiar voice.
We work. Not for you.
You are lost, forever and complete.
Distinguished face, absent now.
Silver hair matted red and brown.
For them. We work.
Body rushed to mind's demented end.
Forgive us
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Categories:
worked, allusion, bereavement, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
the spell had worked
she grabbed her cat and began to dance
the spell had worked!
Not only was she a monarch witch
but her colors were pastel
The two things she had been dreaming about
She kissed her spell book
the cat hissed a bit at first
but she gave him a warning clench
if he wanted to stay her familiar
he had better keep up with
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Categories:
worked, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
I Have Finally Worked Me out
I Have Finally Worked Me out.
I’m impulsive
I never stay when I want to leave
I’m annoying
They feel it, but are too polite to say.
I’m opinionated
So much so, I show my own stupidity
I’m explosive
My temper sometimes lets loose
I’m a recluse
I love being alone, in my own company
I’m scared
Mostly by things which will never happen
I’m suspicious
I trust very
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Categories:
worked, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Worked In Her Shoes
I am not sure what size shoes I now wear,
it is hard to be small with skin so fair.
Wishing I was reading in a big chair
instead I wipe my eye from a big tear.
My heart smiles when others can takeover,
this wheat is heavy not light like clover.
Back breaking work not fit for any child
this hard
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Categories:
worked, child, heart, smile, work,
Form: Rhyme
As If That's Ever Worked
to you who seems to think time is infinite
to you who seems so sure
the clock will stand hushed and still
until you’re ready to press that button
i’m not sure what to say
i don’t share your delusion
yet strangely I must admit i relish
in the illusion that time might somehow hover
suspended and surreal if we so choose
to
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Categories:
worked, life, longing, time,
Form: Free verse
It Worked
She threw his ashes away.
An impulsive act.
Unfortunately, I had suggested it.
As a joke.
She says it worked!
He is not haunting the house anymore.
He was her husband.
She professed to hate him.
I have one awful thought.
If she has regrets
or he finds out it was my suggestion,
Will I be the next one that gets haunted?
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Categories:
worked, dark,
Form: Free verse
My Husband Worked Graveyard Shift
I will never work the graveyard shift
Because elementary students are not awake all night.
My charges whom I persuade and uplift.
They bring me all kinds of happiness and light.
My husband worked the graveyard shift
For about a year, once upon a time, many years ago.
We had two small babies, so the real challenge was mine.
Trying to keep
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Categories:
worked, work,
Form: Rhyme
Smartest Artist Who Had Worked Her Hardest
Smartest Artist Who Had Worked Her Hardest
seemed to be smartest (5)
such a fantastic artist (7)
had tried her hardest (5)
Five vowels than seven vowels
followed by five vowels
verified each vowel
he had been a wise old owl
much art work compile
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Categories:
worked, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
It Worked In the Past
hello Barr
this is Woodward
would you like to talk to me
about a new book
called Justice?
it will be fun.
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Categories:
worked, corruption, funny, humor, political,
Form: Free verse
Winter's Witch Worked Wicked Ways
Rejoice the end of deathly days
when winter's witch worked wicked ways.
Free from dark times we sing our praise.
Now sap flows after its long fast.
Snowdrops flare white in bright contrast.
Buds nourished, now they swell and burst.
From blackest loam to spectrum glow.
Bold blue, rich purple, bright yellow
and subtle shades of pastel show.
Aloft, we hear the 'caw-caw' cry
as
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Categories:
worked, sky, spring, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Had Worked Our Shirt
Had Worked Our Shirt
Off of our back we had worked our shirt,
And even though we did never had hurt;
Was catch;
Did stretch;
We grew out after having a growth spurt.
Jim Horn
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Categories:
worked, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Romantic Charm In Four Lines - This One Worked
Hey baby there's a roast in the oven
And all the dishes are done
I washed your socks and underwear
Now let's have some fun
*not for contest
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Categories:
worked, appreciation, funny love,
Form: Light Verse
We Worked Long Enough
I laugh out loud
every time I hear a politician say,
that the best way to enrich a black person's life,
is to give them a job
Give them some work to do
Labor is the way out of poverty ---
are you kidding me!
They got the nerve,
telling a black person in America
they need to work
Put the shoulder to the grinding
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Categories:
worked, slavery, society, truth, work,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Two Guys I Worked With - Gone Now
Charlie. I worked with Charlie for 14 years. He was a little older than me, did the same job. Sure had the "highs and lows" - he must have been manic-depressive or bipolar or something. He'd blow up, but remained a good friend. Charlie was big, had to be 350 lbs. or 160 kg. A
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Categories:
worked, death, life, sick, work,
Form: Prose
Nothing Has Worked I Need Jesus
Nothing In My Life Has Worked! I Need Jesus Now!
Many times, I feel trouble and trials at every side.
I can feel the pressure of “an evil tide.”
I’ve often lost battles and have been defeated.
I feel so empty! Like my life hasn’t been completed.
There’s been many things in life, that I’ve tried.
But nothing has
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Categories:
worked, christian, depression, encouraging, faith,
Form: Rhyme
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