When a Workman Leaves
...if a workman leaves he might be gone forever
without finishing the job
we had a workman who would do this
If he took his tools we knew there was no predicting if he would return
Today we heard ou...
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Categories:
workman, life,
Form: Free verse
Old Foolish man
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From the Desk of:
From the Trash Bin of:
Book or Notebook of:
while washing skillets in a stream near
any inanimate object that an actor interacts
Bolero-Set a set of equipment made for salibl...
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Categories:
workman, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Ballade
A Workman
...a bad workman always blames his tools
so that bad cut was my fault!!!
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Categories:
workman, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
workman, memory,
Form: Rhyme
blue jeans
...1950’s wear
teenage boys loved them
less scraped knees for sure
girls wanted them too
they can be frayed
dressy or plain
embroidery them
or add some lace
solid blue
workman pants
dungar...
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Categories:
workman, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
...[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
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London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a...
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Categories:
workman, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Next Door
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Next door was a paddock
of long grass and a graveyard
for dumped machinery.
Rusted out boilers, cogs, wheels
and huge presses were piled high
and begged for the sure foot
of a boy to climb ...
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Categories:
workman, childhood, memory, nostalgia, places,
Form: Free verse
The Lord Knows Who Are His 2 Timothy 2:19
...A Workman Approved by God 2 Timothy :14-16
Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God
against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins
them who listen. Do yo...
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Categories:
workman, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Every Believer,
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Every believer,
Miracle Man
8-3-2023
Has an obligation to share the gospel,
by the life we live we must let it show.
We must study to show ourselves approved,
for we can’t share wh...
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Categories:
workman, devotion, god, gospel, jesus,
Form: Quatrain
An Idiomatic Chicken Tale
...An Idiomatic Chicken Tale
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,
you may bite off more than you can chew.
But if you do count, make sure you have
a bird in the hand rather than tw...
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Categories:
workman, bird,
Form: Free verse
Old Age Is Inconvenient
...The day I fell off a chair and damaged my leg
I was amazed, for I had been resilient before
It took me a long time to heal my torn meniscus
I had bruised the bone too
I went from a wheelchair to ...
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Categories:
workman, age,
Form: Narrative
Learning Optimization
...Let’s keep on learning* amidst reading glow
Kindled by wondrous interest to grow
Radiating wisdom along knowledge flow
To vanquish ignorance and folly’s blow.
Led by guiding light of tr...
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Categories:
workman, blessing, christian, education, growth,
Form: Didactic
A Song of Determination
...(This is an old poem of mine reposted with some modifcations )
I hammered some words
Out from the quarry of my brain
They fell around in shards;
Some like boulders,
Some like rocks and rubb...
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Categories:
workman, analogy, creation, desire, recovery
Form: Free verse
A Song of Defeat
...I hammered some words
Out from the quarry of my brain
They fell around in shards;
Some like boulders,
Some like rocks and rubble
I picked them up one by one.
Block on block, I pil...
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Categories:
workman, analogy, angst, heartbreak, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Song of Defeat
...I hammered some words
Out from the quarry of my brain
They fell around in shards;
Some like boulders,
some like rocks and rubble
I picked them up one by one.
Block on block, I piled them up
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Categories:
workman, angst, art, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
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