Poems | WorkInWords 9/17

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Poems

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Metamorphosis!

Seryianis

2016

The bee that works all night and day,
Does not realise that one day she may,

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Mental health sonnet

Loot

2018

Sick, what do mean, are you taking the piss out of me?
Fuck off, why are you worried, really, how can that be?

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Man…tarah (reading 2)

Loot

2015

Plutocracy of youth.
Duplicity of age.
Flagrancy of truth.
Complicity of wage.

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Man…tarah (reading 1)

Loot

2015

Plutocracy of youth.
Duplicity of age.
Flagrancy of truth.

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Manager Manager

Paul

2015

Manager, manager show us the way.
The business is showing clear signs of decay.

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Man on train (reading 2)

Dr Jenny Knight

2015

Shiny suit, collar brown,
Sleeves rolled up, looking down,

The images attached to an author’s work represents one of the ways in which the editor was impacted by the work.

Man on train (reading 1)

Dr Jenny Knight

2015

Shiny suit, collar brown,
Sleeves rolled up, looking down,

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Man of a certain age

Loot

2015

Still powerfully built, but subject to aches,
Still he has just about got whatever it takes.

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Man Armour

Loot

2018

Nineteen Ten, off to war, uniforms, epilates are our current de-rigour.

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Malnourished Thought

Seryianis

2016

Holistic disapproval in this effigy of courage.
Mysterious panacea disguised in your haulage.

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Making Sense of Nonsense

Dr Jenny Knight

2015

This workplace confuses us, day after day
The people here do and say things in a way

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MBA

LittLivy

2015

I don’t miss you MBA,
Although I think of you everyday.

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