Best Work Poems

I Hear America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics- each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
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The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
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Hey diddle diddle
We're all on the fiddle
And never get up until noon.
We only take cash
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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work--
          I am the grass; I cover all.
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Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place or tranquil room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
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Looking at the grinding stones, Kabir laments
In the duel of wheels, nothing stays intact.
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When people aren't asking questions
They're making suggestions
And when they're not doing one of those
They're either looking over your shoulder or stepping on your toes
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When Earth's last picture is painted
And the tubes are twisted and dried
When the oldest colors have faded
And the youngest critic has died
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We stand in the rain in a long line
waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work.
You know what work is—if you're
old enough to read this you know what
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THE moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it.
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(This is a small poem written years back for my daughter, when she was still a kid.)

'Why Sunday? '
My daughter asked.
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A man risked his life to write the words.
A man hung upside down (an idiot friend
holding his legs?) with spray paint
to write the words on a girder fifty feet above
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Although I work, and seldom cease,
At Dumas pere and Dumas fils,
Alas, I cannot make me care
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All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair-
The bees are stirring- birds are on the wing-
And WINTER slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
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Prelude to "Stalky & Co."


"Let us now praise famous men"--
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The chorus frogs in the big lagoon
Would sing their songs to the silvery moon.
Tenor singers were out of place,
For every frog was a double bass.
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Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear respose for limbs with travel tirèd;
But then begins a journey in my head
To work my mind, when body's work's expirèd.
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The Song of the Shirt

With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
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Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."

And he answered, saying:
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The light by the barn that shines all night
pales at dawn when a little breeze comes.

A little breeze comes breathing the fields
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'Oh, Jesus, ” I am at your door steps and accept my prayers “small girl lit candles in the church and just cried while looking at the cross of lord.” How much you have suffered for mankind” she murmured and stared at the glittering eyes of Christ. She was at the highest peak of happiness and knell down to have more blessings from Him.

The little child never knew what was in store for her. A little noise from near by just detracted her attention from Christ and she found some one was pouring kerosene on her head. She was completely shocked and soon found to be wet in kerosene. She only saw flash from match stick and found burring in flames. She found Christ just extending his hand. Soon she was in flames and crashing on the ground.” help, help' came the groaning voice from little child and all the children from orphanage made a frantic cry for help. The child was rushed to hospital with unconscious state of mind with no hope of survival.
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As I was spittin' into the Ditch aboard o' the ~Crocodile~,
I seed a man on a man-o'-war got up in the Reg'lars' style.
'E was scrapin' the paint from off of 'er plates,
an' I sez to 'im, ''Oo are you?'
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Persons tend to become arrogant and turn atheist when attain so much wealth and fame. It is natural phenomena and comes with the sudden attainment of unseen wealth. The supreme lord has also kept one stick to correct such people. In normal times when tide is in his favor then everything will go well unexpectedly. Even if you do a wrong thing then also things might turn right for you.

I was allotted with Government waste land on retirement form the armed forces. I had to make lots of efforts to make it cultivable. I employed lots of labourers for the purpose. I use to go daily on site and supervise the work done by them. One day when workers were on the job then suddenly one hunter bee came and sudden struck on my face and made big humming noise. Since workers were from village and knew the behaviors of bees, they suddenly shouted all the people at work to lie down on the ground to escape their attack. I was just back from military service and took affront to such move. Meanwhile hunter bees attacked me with big force and started biting me on the face and all parts of the body.
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Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hill and woods, the river, and the heaven,
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Once opportunity missed means gone out of hand
Work remains undone as promised by friend
They are all missed and gone forever,
Will not come back again and lost for ever
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It chanced upon the merry merry Christmas eve,
I went sighing past the church across the moorland dreary-
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Love gives every gift whereby we long to live
"Love takes every gift, and nothing back doth give."
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Work is never easy
to do or accomplish

Yet many wish for it
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On no work of words now for three lean months in the
bloody
Belly of the rich year and the big purse of my body
I bitterly take to task my poverty and craft:
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Oh, it's dreadful to think in a country like this
With its chances for work - and enjoyment
That a man like McGuinness was certain to miss
Whenever he tried for employment.
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popularity does not reflect quality,

popularity means quantity...
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Why sit ye idly dreaming all the day,
While the golden, precious hours flit away?
See you not the day is waning, waning fast?
That the morn's already vanished in the past?
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1 Three fishers went sailing away to the west,
2 Away to the west as the sun went down;
3 Each thought on the woman who loved him the best,
4 And the children stood watching them out of the town;
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Ants work in silence
Their success makes a loud noise
On cold rainy days
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The memory of my father is wrapped up in
white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day at work.

Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits
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In the Book of God (Ilahi-nama) 'Attar framed his mystical teachings in various stories that a caliph tells his six sons, who are kings themselves and seek worldly pleasures and power.
The first son is captivated by a virgin princess, and his father tells him the adventures of a beautiful and virtuous woman who attracts several men but miraculously survives their abuse and then forgives them. They acknowledge that carnal desire is necessary to propagate the race but also recognize that passionate love can lead to spiritual love, which can annihilate the soul in the beloved.
Other stories indicate the importance of respecting the lives of other creatures such as ants or dogs. One only thinks oneself better than a dog because of one's dog-like nature.
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I had a sound sleep,
Heard a little beep,
It was time to get up,
Ready to work on new set up,
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As we live, we are transmitters of life.
And when we fail to transmit life, life fails to flow through us.

That is part of the mystery of sex, it is a flow onwards.
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i always work to pay the loan
you only see me running or on the phone
i work all the time even at dawn
i have my money so I`m not alone
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Farewell and adieu to you, Harwich Ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies ashore!
For we've received orders to work to the eastward
Where we hope in a short time to strafe 'em some more.
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In my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle
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Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard,
Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, --
Look how the world with the lights that they lit is illumined and starred,
Brief was the flame of their life, but the lamps of their art burn long!
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Not character, not fortitude, not patience
Were mine, the which the village thought I had
In bearing with my wife, while preaching on,
Doing the work God chose for me.
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Because no one could ever praise me enough,
because I don't mean these poems only
but the unseen
unbelievable effort it takes to live
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‘What a piece of work is a man! '
……… ………
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? '
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From child to youth; from youth to arduous man;
From lethargy to fever of the heart;
From faithful life to dream-dower'd days apart;
From trust to doubt; from doubt to brink of ban;--
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I saw the poet write
Brilliantly bright,
A sublime poetry
With intricate artistry.
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How strange it seems, that old age follows youth!
when all the world seemed one's own, at that time,
with time enough to seek a higher truth -
who'd guess the stairs so steep, so slow to climb?
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Work, sleep, work, sleep,
Work, sleep, work, sleep,
Work, sleep, work, sleep,
Work:
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I am a kite
I can go everywhere site by site
My work is to fly
To touch the sky
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Let your work be, bride. Listen, the
guest has come.
Do you hear, he is gently shaking
the chain which fastens the door?
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It is easy to work when the soul is at play—
But when the soul is in pain—
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Each day I live I thank the Lord
I do the work I love;
And in it find a rich reward,
All price and praise above.
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FATHER, I scarcely dare to pray,
So clear I see, now it is done,
That I have wasted half my day,
And left my work but just begun;
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As I walked down the waterside
This silent morning, wet and dark;
Before the cocks in farmyards crowed,
Before the dogs began to bark;
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(For Aline)

When you shall die and to the sky
Serenely, delicately go,
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The courier will depart next day, she's told.
She sews a warrior's gown all night.
Her fingers feel the needle cold.
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Your soul was lifted by the wings today
Hearing the master of the violin:
You praised him, praised the great Sabastian too
Who made that fine Chaconne; but did you think
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Just smile for the world ….
The world is wide and beautiful if you look with satisfaction

Just smile for the people
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My Love
February 16, 2021
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Would it really matter if we didn't get up today.
Didn't go to work and just stayed home to play.
If we just stood idly by and left the work undone
Cast away the chores and just went and had some fun.
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Oh, glorious are the guarded heights
Where guardian souls abide--
Self-exiled from our gross delights--
Above, beyond, outside:
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I painted on the roof of a skyscraper.
I painted a long while and called it a day's work.
The people on the corner swarmed and the traffic cop's whistle never let up all afternoon.
They were the same as bugs, many bugs on their way--
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You were the kind of daddy that nurtured us to grow
We were taught early in life you reap just what you sow
Hard work you would always say never killed anyone
You rose early and toiled all day til the setting of the sun
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The World Of Work
February 16, 2021
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During Vincent's stay in The Hague
And his frequent visits to the Goupils,
Vincent met few other artistes besides
His cousin Mauve and Mijnheer Tersteeg.
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Box cars run by a mile long.
And I wonder what they say to each other
When they stop a mile long on a sidetrack.
Maybe their chatter goes:
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It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go
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Poor laborers, they did sad bewail,
When the machine displaced the flail ;
Theres little work, now, with the hoes,
Since cultivators weed the rows.
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Can economic development of a nation be based on
Mere economic statistics only that shows rate of
Growth and status of deficit every month of a year?
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The good and the bad
An angel’s fight against the devil’s work
When and how, where to whom
No one knows behind the blinking doom
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Good are the things
That are proved to be helpful
Bad are the things
That are proved to be harmful
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Since in a land not barren still
(Because Thou dost Thy grace distill)
My lot is fallen, blest be Thy will!
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The night proceeds and dwindling
Prepares the day's rebirth.
An airman is ascending
Above the sleeping earth.
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I see by the morning papers
That America's sturdy sons
Have started a investigation
Of the making of guns.
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’Twas in the felon’s dock he stood, his eyes were black and blue;
His voice with grief was broken, and his nose was broken, too;
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The leaves of summer
Fall in their golden sunset
Their work completed
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The depression of the 1930's was the time of my childhood days,
There were a lot of worries and hardships in many ways.
Whatever time people could spare, they would help each other out,
Bad times also came when there was a draught.
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In the humble dwelling cum studio of Vincent,
The two enthusiastic artistes - De Bock and Vincent,
Came together to sketch the nude figure
Of their model -a very beautiful young girl!
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Work, work, work..

sitting effort,
on a chair
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Sorcerer's Work

If all the morning became identical,
If all the night- long continue in a twilight...
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Work! for the night is coming;
Work! through the morning hours;
Work! while the dew is sparkling;
Work! 'mid the springing flowers;
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Anxious see the beauty of face, carry a mirror in front!
Nothing doing, no work no walk.......
Only beauty of mind experiential and enjoyable,
Fortunate, if you have beautiful mind states,
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Oh I got up and went to work
and worked and came back home
and ate and talked and went to sleep.
Then I got up and went to work
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'My work is done. Why wait? '
-George Eastman
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Tactful tactician you should be in life path,
Tactfully you can overcome hurdle to get mirth.
Tactic should be applied to perform work smoothly,
Taciturn is better than giving remarks blindly.
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You smile at me gazing deep in my eyes
From the picture I pinned on the soft board.
As I untangle my wet hair and hurriedly blow dry,
Tying into a knot with pins, rush out on road
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Put art
into life
with your work
and your work
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flocks of flamingo --
after day's hard work in fields
a tangerine sky.
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Struggling for a new system
Struggling for legal rights
Struggling for wining
An instance of revolving rules
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Since it befell, with work and strife
I had not time to live my life
I turned away from it until
Work should be done and strife be still.
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The farmers till the land from dawn,
They plough the vast fields till dusk,
They sweat in burning heat of summer,
They work, work, even in cold winter,
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Dr. Einstein had many friends, fans,
But foes as well, who opposed his work.
His rivals disapproved and decried his work,
Trying to pull him down, at the slightest opportunity.
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