FINANCIAL POEMS

Before Sleep

The lateral vibrations caress me,
They leap and caress me,
They work pathetically in my favour,
They seek my financial good.
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Ezra Pound

Thanksgiving

[Nov. 26, 1857, during the great financial depression.]


Father, our thanks are due to thee
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Hanford Lennox Gordon

Product Of Inspiration

I have sought for inspiration.
I have pursued motivation
But I've come to realize that the best motivators of ourselves are within us, but my experience in life has made me who I am today.
I have come to appreciate that sometimes we don't get to choose what we want in life but we become products of circumstances.
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Bhekisipho Nyathi

But Then Who Cares For Figures

An argument sometimes used against paying women as highly as men for the
same work is that women are only temporarily in industry.

Forty-four per cent of the women teachers in the public schools of New
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Alice Duer Miller

Delilah

We have another viceroy now, -- those days are dead and done
Of Delilah Aberyswith and depraved Ulysses Gunne.


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Rudyard Kipling

The Maori's Wool

The Maoris are a mighty race -- the finest ever known;
Before the missionaries came they worshipped wood and stone;
They went to war and fought like fiends, and when the war was done
They pacified their conquered foes by eating every one.
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Banjo Paterson

The Maori's Wool

The Maoris are a mighty race, the finest ever known;
Before the missionaries came they worshipped wood and stone;
They went to war and fought like fiends, and when the war was done
They pacified their conquered foes by eating every one.
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)

Would You Believe It?

One year ago I wished that I
A banker great might be
With a hundred million dollars
And financial majesty;
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Ellis Parker Butler

Inevitable

At the beginning of the week
A strictly rigid path I seek,
And vow the only state for me,
In finance, is stability;
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Alf-s Fifth Bit

The pomps of butchery, financial power,
Told 'em to die in war, and then to save,
Then cut their saving to the half or lower;
When will this system lie down in its grave?
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Ezra Pound

If Cohen Would

O, Cohen, hear our song of sentiment!
Withdraw thy sordid thoughts from cent. per cent.,
And, for, the sake of Empire, gentle Yid,
Lend us a million quid.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Different

reading what may happen never lightens any care;
I believe in facing trouble, without fretting o'er the cost,
But it's altogether different when your little one is lost.
Oh, it's altogether different when you think she's gone astray,
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Edgar Albert Guest

Introducing The Day Family

Sun Day is a simple child,
Face new washed and shining;
In the morning prim and mild
Church and mid-day dining.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Another Mouth To Feed

We've got another mouth to feed,
From out our little store;
To satisfy another's need
Is now my daily chore.
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Edgar Albert Guest

The Barter Boom

Now, since man became a martyr
To this economic stress,
He has sought relief, in barter,
From financial wretchedness;
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

The Passing Of Gundagai

"I'll introduce a friend!" he said,
"And if you've got a vacant pen
You'd better take him in the shed
And start him shearing straight ahead;
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Banjo Paterson

The Premier And The Socialist

The Premier and the Socialist
Were walking through the State:
They wept to see the Savings Bank
Such funds accumulate.
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Banjo Paterson

The Mackaiad

Mackay's hot wrath to Bonynge, direful spring
Of blows unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing
That wrath which hurled to Hellman's office floor
Two heroes, mutually smeared with gore,
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Ambrose Bierce

Hurrah For Cooper And Cary

Air -- "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys"


We will rally in the city,
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Julia Ann Moore

Antony Villa

Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens,
With a tennis ground and terrace, and a flagstaff in the gardens:
They are gentlemen and ladiesâ??theyâ??ve been â??toffsâ?? for generations,
But old Vardenâ??s been unluckyâ??lost a lot in speculations.
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Henry Lawson

Tomatoed Iris

What better than war brings nemesis
Love long, left bereft five chapters after its Genesis
Compelled reticence ushers in self counselled osmosis
Love regretted since angels, women and Giants' metamorphosis,
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I. J Mmaduka

The Passing Of Gundagai

"I'll introduce a friend!" he said,
"And if you've got a vacant pen
You'd better take him in the shed
And start him shearing straight ahead;
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)

The Premier And The Socialist

The Premier and the Socialist
Were walking through the State:
They wept to see the Savings Bank
Such funds accumulate.
.....

Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)

Gregory Wenner

Gregory Wenner's brother married the mother
Of Alma Bell, the daughter of a marriage
The mother made before. Kinship enough
To justify a call on Wenner's power
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Edgar Lee Masters

A Helping Hand

Am talking business,
ain't got time for minstrels,
An iota of many witness;
an epitome of financial influence.
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Fatusi Tunde

Readership

I’m more interested in readership than comments.
The readers don’t have to like my compositions.

I don’t have to answer questions about my poetry,
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Marlon Pitter

Makers Of Lies Hate Truth

Makers of lies hate truth, but I shall speak the truth even if it costs me my life.
Something is fundamentally wrong with the minds of world leaders.
Presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens, all politicians think alike.
They do not regard the people in worn-out clothes as their equals.
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Marlon Pitter

To An Hotel Keeper

My dear Sir, -
Oft in the stilly night
My thoughts fly
In your direction,
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Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

The "slugging"-match

"A first-class professional fight!"
I'm really doing the town!
There were thousands on thousands to-night
To see a man knock a man down.
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William Mckendree Carleton

The Fox, The Monkey, And The Animals

[1]

Left kingless by the lion's death,
The beasts once met, our story saith,
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Jean De La Fontaine

To Mr. Pierpont Morgan

Dear Mr. Pierpont Morgan, -
I hasten to give you a hearty British welcome.
Come to my arms;
I am in the Trust line myself -
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Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

Women Abuse

Today we stand and advocate
That never again will we tolerate

Treatment which we don't deserve
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Crystal Koen

Women Abuse

Today we stand and advocate
That never again will we tolerate

Treatment which we don't deserve
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Crystal Koen

Should You

Should you stumble upon me
Drowning in diarrhoea
Eyes dilating and nostrils nettling
Mouth manufacturing methanol
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Denis Barasa

The God's Policy

Ever since this pandemic have started,
Many people's heartbeats have fast rated.
Every one is worried,
That their future is not buried.
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Tejasvini Gaikar

If Money Grew On Trees

If money dey grow untop tree,
I gatz find the right seeds
Coz right now na cash-crops
Dey top of my to-do-list.
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Ajiboye Temitopelodobaba

Please Forgive Me

If I would accidentally knock on your door,
Would your eyes recognize me,
Would your lips remember the stories they used to share when we kiss,
Would your body remember the taste of my hands,
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Musa Mukelwa Simelane

The Power I Desire

I wish I had the power
To rebuke what is evil
To replace with what is right
And have all at peace
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Francis Omariba

Maybe Its Her

ile day ya kwanza me na uyu binti kumeet
alikua kwa gari yake personal na tukameet apo jiji
kfc kimathi street
day tulimeet in person ndo tujuane vifyy nilimake
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Perez Bulinda

Namesake Democracy

In a country where electorate is a commodity
we get only the type of governance we deserve
If we are ignorant, passive and negligent
we get governance sans accountability
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Chandeeswar Venkata

Ode To F1

Thank you for teaching me,
Teaching me the bravery,
Having courage to never give up,
Learning from the days,
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Ping Pong

Nigeria The Sleeping Giant

Wake up Nigeria whilst it is still day.
Your darkness thickens in the hot summer sun.
Wake up Nigeria from your spectators' fun.
Like a titan to the slaughter, your way
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Joseph Ogbonna

The Way I Feel

I do not want your counsel and advice.
Where were you when I was enduring hunger?
You were not there when I was thirsty.
When I was having financial problems,
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Marlon Pitter

Never Give Up My Child

Let me cry it out,
Or say it out,
Am all alone in the dark,
Constructing what I know as my ark.
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Ashade Solomon